Ranging from Yellowstone in Wyoming to Mount Pelee in the Caribbean Bogoslof and Pavlov in Alaska Sakurajima in Japan and finally the mighty Kilauea and Mauna Loa in HawaiixThe Last Volcano reveals the incredible journey of a man on a mission to understand the awesome power of volcanic eruptionsVolcanoes have fascinatedxand terrifiedxpeople for agesnbsp They have destroyed cities and ended civilizationsnbsp John Dvorak the acclaimed author of Earthquake Storms looks into the early years of volcanology and its father Thomas Jaggarnbsp Jaggar was the youngest of five scientists to investigate the explosion of Mount Pelee in Martinique which leveled the entire city of St Pierre and killed its entire population in two minutes This explosion changed science forever and Jaggar became obsessed with understanding the force of nature that could do thisA colorful cast of scientists wind their way through The Last Volcano including an escaped slave who became the leading volcanic guide in Hawaiinbsp But the focus is on Jaggar who was so fixated on volcanology that he moved to a small house overlooking the lava lake of Kilauea much to the derision of the scientific communityFalling in love a widowed schoolteacher who shared his passion Jaggar devoted his life to studying volcanic activity and the mysteries beneath the earths surfacenbsp From their precarious perch this dynamic husband and wife duo would discover a way to predict volcanic eruptions and tsunamis promote geothermal energy and theorize new ways to study the ocean bottomnbsp page BampW image insert.
