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Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale, and How a Nineteenth-Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry
by Scott Huler
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1400048842
- ISBN 13
- 9781400048847
- Seller
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Creston, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
"Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale, and How a Nineteenth-Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry" by Scott Huler. Signed/Inscribed by the author on the title page, thus, - "To __ Best Wishes. (Signed Scott Huler)." First Edition 2004 published by Crown Publishers, New York. Appendix A - Beaufort Scale Family Album . Appendix B - Explanation of the Plate Describing the Rigging, &c., of a First-Rate Man of War. A Note on the Sources. Primary Sources Consulted. Note on Accuracy. Acknowledgments. Index. 290pp. Fine Hardcover book and Fine dust jacket in a clear plastic cover.
Synopsis
Scott Huler is the author of On Being Brown and A Little Bit Sideways: One Week Inside a NASCAR Winston Cup Race Team . His work is heard regularly on National Public Radio. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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- Bookseller
- Charlie's Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16865
- Title
- Defining the Wind
- Author
- Scott Huler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover book
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1400048842
- ISBN 13
- 9781400048847
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Pages
- 290
- Keywords
- Wind
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
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