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Tambora: Travels to Sumbawa and the Mountain that Changed the World

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Awards for:
Tambora: Travels to Sumbawa and the Mountain that Changed the Earth
Winner: Territory Read Best Non-Fiction Book 2016

Finalist: Chief Minister's Book of the Year, 2016


Tambora: Travels to Sumbawa and the Mountain that Changed the World.

Derek Pugh

Synopsis

This is a history and a travelogue to Sumbawa, Indonesia, released on the eve of the bicentenary of the largest eruption in recorded history – Mt Tambora with a VEI of 7 was ten times the size of the more famous Krakatau. It erupted on 10th April 1815 with dramatic impact on the East Indies and across the world: it changed the global climate for at least three years (known as the “Year Without Summer”) and the world reeled from its long lasting effects: more than 100,000 Indonesians died from the event or from the disease and famine that followed: millions were affected worldwide through starvation, disease and death; it caused the total the destruction of the Tamboran culture, language and people; massive European emigration; numerous floods and/or droughts; religious fervour and the creation of a new religion; the invention of the bicycle; the ‘westward ho!” wagon trains in the US; magnificent art; the birth of science fiction and Frankenstein; widespread riots and political instability; coloured snow and frosts in mid-summer.


The author outlines the history of this largely unknown mountain, travels to Sumbawa and watches four year old jockeys racing horses, wades knee deep through a million jellyfish, meets royalty and unintelligible surfers and climbs the mountain and discusses the effects of world climate change on a population that is far from ready, even today.

Paperback: ISBN: 9780992355845, ebook: ISBN: 9781925280012

TAMBORA: Travels to Sumbawa and the Mountain that Changed the Earth. 
Out NOW in shops or click to purchase on line or phone The Bookshop Darwin on 08 8941 3489.

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Release date: January 2015
RRP $A22.95
ebook $A4.99

For preview chapters visit my Stories Blog here.

For photos of Tambora and Sumbawa Island go here.




Press Release here.

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Review:
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"Derek Pugh's Tambora is the kind of book we can never get enough of - an enthusiast taking us into enthusiasms with admirable knowledge and brio. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein's Indonesian connection - how the victory of Waterloo was soured by and Indonesian volcano - you'll leave Tambora with a wider and livelier idea of how history and the world actually work."

Peter Bishop, (Dec 2016) Imprint,  

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