years. Twenty years ago he became chief of the marine division of the U.
S. Weather Bureau, then he was chief of all the Bureau's forecasting and
reporting and finally was assistant chief of the Bureau, in charge of
all its technical operations.
Dr. Tannehill is the author of several authoritative books on the
weather, including a world-recognized classic, HURRICANES; THEIR NATURE
AND HISTORY, now in its eighth edition. He has represented the United
States at many world conferences on weather and served several years as
president of the international commission on weather information.
Citations, medals, awards and commendations have come to him for his
work on weather, including the honorary degree of Doctor of Science,
granted in recognition of his leadership in the study of hurricanes.
His hobbies continue the same as in his boyhood--watching the birds, the
stars and the weather.
_THE HURRICANE HUNTERS_
By
Ivan Ray Tannehill
Author of "Hurricanes: Their Nature and History," Etc.
_Illustrated with Photographs_
This is the lively account of the hair-raising experiences of the men
who have probed by sea and air into the inner mysteries of the world's
most terrible storms. Here a world authority writes a vivid story of the
hurricane hunters and the warnings going out to terrified people in the
path of these tropical giants of the storm world--warnings which have
brought comfort and safety in the midst of the terror, because the
threat is no longer unknown and unchartered and defenses may be built up
against it, thanks to our Weather Bureau.
Ivan Tannehill tells how thousands of lives have been saved and why
enormous property losses, running into hundreds of millions of dollars,
continue as a direful challenge to the hunters. Here is the first
intimate revelation of what the human eye and the most modern radars see
in the violent regions of the tropical vortex. The descriptions of the
activities of these valiant scouts of the storms are taken from personal
interviews with military flyers and weathermen who have risked their
lives in the furious blasts in all parts of the hurricane.
The author has made a special study of hurricanes for over forty years.
He has served with the Weather Bureau as chief of the marine division,
chief of all forecasting and reporting and assistant chief of the
Bureau, in charge of its technical operations.
JACKET DRAWING BY JAMES MacDONALD
_Books by Ivan Ray Tannehill_
HURRICANES; THEIR NATURE AND HISTORY
PREPARATION AND USE OF WEATHER MAPS AT SEA
WEATHER AROUND THE WORLD
DROUGHT; ITS CAUSES AND EFFECTS
ALL ABOUT THE WEATHER
THE HURRICANE HUNTERS
SUMMITS OF ADVENTURE
_The Story of Famous Mountains and Mountain Climbers_
_By_ JOHN SCOTT DOUGLAS
Author of "_The Secret of the Undersea Bell_," "Fate of the Clipper
Westwind," Etc.
Illustrated with sixteen pages of stunning photographs
$3.00
Through the pages of this stirring book move ever upward the colorful
figures who have conquered the world's great mountain peaks; and in it
are graphically described the most celebrated ascents of nearly two
centuries, from the Alps to the Andes and from the Himalayas to the
Rockies. No other sport has attracted such notable figures, for the
great mountain climbers include justices, members of Parliament, princes
and many renowned scientists. Nor has any other sport proved so useful.
Mountain climbers have contributed to many sciences; also to aviation by
their pioneer study of oxygen deficiency, and thrillingly to our
literature. In addition, mountaineers were among the first to explore
the remote Alpine valleys, the Caucasus, East Africa, the Alaska
wilderness, the Andes and the Himalayas.
John Scott Douglas makes us share in the very feelings of the intrepid
men who have had that unquenchable urge to conquer the seemingly
unconquerable, no matter what the hazards or physical hardships. His
story ranges from the early days of the first ascent to the summit of
Mont Blanc, when the climbing equipment consisted of alpenstocks and
meat cleavers and an ordinary bed blanket was the only protection
against the icy blasts during the nights spent aloft on the
mountainside, to the up-to-the-minute scientific equipment, including
oxygen feeders and insulated suits, used in the recent ascent of Mount
Everest.
The author is an enthusiastic mountaineer himself. He has enjoyed
"scrambles" in the Alps, the Andes, the Central American Cordilleras,
Alaska, the Catskills and the Colorado Rockies, the Olympics, Cascades
and High Sierras. He writes on a favorite subject with zest and
informative accuracy. His book provides "high" adventure in more than
one way!
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
Transcriber's Notes
--Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook
is public-domain in the country of publication.
--Silently corrected a few palpable typos.
--In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by
_underscores_.
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