Rain: A Natural and Cultural History

The first book about the history of rain. You’ll learn how a huge storm and an intention to get married led to the greatest witch hunt in world history; what is the secret behind fishy and multicolored rains; how people tried to control rain with dances and the movement of clouds; how rain inspired Woody Allen, Ray Bradbury, and Kurt Cobain; and how Daniel Defoe made the first ever journalist-meteorologist. Weaving together scientific and historical facts, environmental journalist Cynthia Barnett reveals the surprising connection between rain, art, human history, and our future.