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Out of the Blue

Friedman, John

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Out of the Blue

The producer of the Oscar-winning documentary Hotel Terminus, John S. Friedman has written for the New York Times and other publications, and contributes regularly to The Nation. The editor of The Secret Histories, he lives in Connecticut.

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Title of ebook: Out of the Blue
ISBN: 9780440337829
Publisher: Dell Publishing
Internet download file size: 487 kb
Released online for download: 05-20-2008
Author of eBook: Friedman, John

Out of the Blue

A History of Lightning: Science, Superstition, and Amazing Stories of Survival
An Awesome Flame

Everybody's afraid of lightning. Maybe it's built into the genes. It's a primal fear.
—DR. MARTIN UMAN

Lightning descends upon the American landscape in fiery arcs across the Great Plains on lonely summer nights and in brilliant streaks over the Rocky Mountains on lazy afternoons. It's also embedded in our oldest myths.

The stars are the campfires of the dead, and when we die, the great Thunderbird, lightning flashing from its eyes, carries our souls to the Milky Way. According to another Native legend, the Sun, father of twin boys, gave them magic arrows—lightning that strikes crooked and lightning that strikes straight. One day, the twins heard rumbling like the sound of an earthquake. It was the wa ... read full excerpt from Out of the Blue ebook