E-REVIEWS OF "THE ORPHAN TSUNAMI OF 1700"
BESIDES THE PRINT REVIEWS of "Orphan" blogged below, Internet-based reviews of the book are available as well. A selection follows (in Google order):
HistoryLink.org, "Featured book of the week,"
"This beautifully designed, profusely illustrated, bilingual book gathers together Japanese texts, Native American traditions, and all the earth science that researchers have brought to bear on the case. On nearly every page the relevance of this history to our present-day situation is underscored. This book about the "big one" of long ago should be of special interest to all of us right now." --Priscilla Long http://www.historylink.org/study_aids/bookshelf.cfm (site co-sponsored by UW Press)
"The mastery of this book lies in its combining history from the northwest side of the Pacific Ocean with geologic studies on the northeast side.... The clarity of the visuals is striking.... This book offers a readable, detailed look at what happens on both sides of the Pacific Ocean when large subduction zone earthquakes occur. Knowing that they do happen, we can now take steps to reduce deaths and damage." --Kathleen Sayce http://www.tidepool.org/original_content.cfm?articleid=184844
"... we can live in tranquil ignorance no longer.... We're all too familiar with the horrifying effects of big earthquakes--the Southeast Asian tsunami and the recent earthquake in Pakistan. But what would happen if a similar sized quake struck again in Cascadia? And what lessons can we learn from the history of the Northwest before it was inhabited by Europeans?" Eric de Place http://cascadiascorecard.typepad.com/blog/alaska/index.html
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BESIDES THE PRINT REVIEWS of "Orphan" blogged below, Internet-based reviews of the book are available as well. A selection follows (in Google order):
HistoryLink.org, "Featured book of the week,"
"This beautifully designed, profusely illustrated, bilingual book gathers together Japanese texts, Native American traditions, and all the earth science that researchers have brought to bear on the case. On nearly every page the relevance of this history to our present-day situation is underscored. This book about the "big one" of long ago should be of special interest to all of us right now." --Priscilla Long http://www.historylink.org/study_aids/bookshelf.cfm (site co-sponsored by UW Press)
"The mastery of this book lies in its combining history from the northwest side of the Pacific Ocean with geologic studies on the northeast side.... The clarity of the visuals is striking.... This book offers a readable, detailed look at what happens on both sides of the Pacific Ocean when large subduction zone earthquakes occur. Knowing that they do happen, we can now take steps to reduce deaths and damage." --Kathleen Sayce http://www.tidepool.org/original_content.cfm?articleid=184844
"... we can live in tranquil ignorance no longer.... We're all too familiar with the horrifying effects of big earthquakes--the Southeast Asian tsunami and the recent earthquake in Pakistan. But what would happen if a similar sized quake struck again in Cascadia? And what lessons can we learn from the history of the Northwest before it was inhabited by Europeans?" Eric de Place http://cascadiascorecard.typepad.com/blog/alaska/index.html
[MORE TO COME]
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