Look at the Sky... and Tell the Weather by Eric Sloane

A delightful blend of serious meteorology and beautiful illustrations, this informative book displays the many talents of Eric Sloane. A writer, landscape painter, weather forecaster, and authority on early American history, Sloane takes readers with him on a voyage of discovery as he traces a single air mass from the Canadian Rockies to northern New England. A vivid narrative and the author's own pen-and-ink sketches describe the progress of the air mass over America, and tell about its encounters with other elements of weather systems and with Americans from a variety of backgrounds.

Paperback
89 pages
Black and white images
ISBN-13: 978-0-486-43385-1

About the author: Eric Sloane was born in New York City and educated at Yale. Most of his life has been spent in New England, where he has combined a fascinating range of interests into a colorful and highly successful career, primarily as author-illustrator of more than twenty-four books on American history, arts, and artifacts. A lifelong interest in the lore and science of weather brought him to a long association with weather forecasting and aviation-he has been a pilot and was the first television weatherman. 

Image description: The illustration on the cover shows a rural landscape with farmers in a field looking upward, one pointing at the sky, while a horse pulls a wagon stacked high with golden hay in the distance. Along the bottom, a detailed sepia-toned diagram of storm clouds and air currents is displayed. The title is printed in black letters on the top of the cover in the pale sky, the author's name is printed in black letters right under the horses pulling the wagon.