This Dover edition is an unabridged republication in one volume of the following two books by Eric Sloane: Eric Sloane's Almanac and Weather Forecaster, originally published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce [and] Little, Brown, Boston, in 1955 and Folklore of American Weather, originally published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce, Boston, in 1963. Television's first weatherman, artist and folklorist, Eric Sloane, brings together his Almanac and Folklore of American weather into one volume, providing the reader with a multitude of his drawings illustrating weather phenomena. Basing his format on almanacs of the past, he marries weather data with his personal observations, thereby creating a weather diary for an entire year, following a brief explanation of the mechanics of weather. Sloane envisions the Weather Almanac as a reference for the reader and urges taking regular observations and writing them down, so that, after a while, "you will begin to see that your every comment on the sky turns into a prediction." Sloane's delightful volume aims to make everyone a weatherman, too. There is no index. Annotation 2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
