merricatct 's review for:

And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind: A Natural History of Moving Air by Bill Streever

3.0

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I didn't love this as much as I hoped I would. I thought the title was a little misleading ... a more accurate subtitle would've been "A Natural History of Meteorology", or "A Natural History of Weather Forecasting". Or, even MORE accurate, "A Natural History of Weather Forecasting, But Actually 50% of This Book is the Author's Memoir-ish Retelling of Him and his Wife Sailing From Texas to Guatemala." The informative microhistory sections were interesting, but every time I'd start to get invested, there would be another detour into the author's sailing experience again. This is a book where less personal memoir stuff would've been an advantage.