Tying Down the Wind, Eric Pinder
Tying Down the Wind, Eric Pinder
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Tying Down the Wind

Author: Eric Pinder

Narrator: John Lescault

Unabridged: 10 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2002

Categories: Nonfiction, Nature, Weather

Synopsis

Where can you find the worst weather on earth? The surprising answer in Tying Down the Wind is: everywhere. You don’t need to climb Mount Everest or voyage to the icy desert of Antarctica to witness both the beauty and the destructiveness of weather. The same forces are at work in your own backyard.Eric Pinder, certified observer at Mount Washington Meteorological Observatory, takes readers on a voyage of discovery through the atmosphere, a swirling ocean of air that surrounds and sustains life. The journey begins in a sunny New England woodlot and ends atop the polar ice of Antarctica—where we learn, remarkably, that the two extremes are not so different after all. Tying Down the Wind invites you to experience the excitement of the world’s worst weather in the comfort of your own home.

About Eric Pinder

Eric Pinder is an observer and staff writer at Mount Washington Meteorological Observatory in New Hampshire. He is the author of Life at the Top and has written scripts for the nationally syndicated radio program The Weather Notebook and articles for Weatherwise, Backpacker, and other national magazines. He lives in Berlin, New Hampshire.

About John Lescault

Patrick Cullen (a.k.a. John Lescault), a native of Massachusetts, is a graduate of the Catholic University of America. He lives in Washington, DC, where he works in theater.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Eric

This has been the most enjoyable listen I have been party to in several outings. If one pays attention there is much good science that has gone into telling an almost-existentialist story of the soup which is the air in which we live. This is the second time of the last couple weeks where I hear of......more

Goodreads review by Thomas

Tying down the wind is a nonfiction/autobiography kind of book that tells of Eric Pender on his weather post on top of Mount Washington. He is a meteorologist which means that he studys weather, this also means that he knows what he is talking about. Most of the adventures in this book are from his......more

Goodreads review by Lady

Weather books are either fascinating or read like overwrought fiction. This one started out well, with a charming anecdote about weather watching on a mountain in the eastern US, but by the end of the first chapter, the full page of waxing rhapsodic about a sunset had me returning the book to the li......more

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“Mark Twain is supposed to have quipped, ‘Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.’ Pinder has, however, written an informative and entertaining book, ably presented in audio.” AudioFile

“Fascinating, stimulating, sometimes almost poetically written.”  Kliatt

“Fascinating, stimulating, sometimes almost poetically written…Cullen’s even-toned fluid voice is a perfect match for the text. He narrates rather than lectures and turns each situation into and adventure.” Kliatt

“Patrick Cullen masterfully narrates this work and the listener can easily imagine these weather conditions and their consequences Highly recommended.” Library Journal

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