{"product_id":"without-warning-the-tornado-of-udall-kansas-9781496231451","title":"Without Warning: The Tornado of Udall, Kansas","description":"2023 Martin Kansas History Book Award \u003cbr\u003e 2024 Society of Midland Authors Award Honoree for History \u003cbr\u003e 2024 Kansas Notable Book \u003cbr\u003e Longlist for Reading the West Book Award \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1955 the small town of Udall, Kansas, was home to oil field workers, homemakers, and teenagers looking ahead to their futures. But on the night of May 25, an F5 tornado struck their town without warning. In three minutes the tornado destroyed most of the buildings, including the new high school. It toppled the water tower. It lifted a pickup truck, stripped off its cab, and hung the frame in a tree. By the time the tornado moved on, it had killed 82 people and injured 270 others, more than half the town's population of roughly 600 people. It remains the deadliest tornado in the history of Kansas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jim Minick's nonfiction account, \u003ci\u003eWithout Warning\u003c\/i\u003e, tells the human story of this disaster, moment by moment, from the perspectives of those who survived. His spellbinding narrative connects this history to our world today. Minick demonstrates that even if we have never experienced a tornado, we are still a people shaped and defined by weather and the events that unfold in our changing climate. Through the tragedy and hope found in this story of destruction, \u003ci\u003eWithout Warning\u003c\/i\u003e tells a larger story of community, survival, and how we might find our way through the challenges of the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Minick\u003c\/b\u003e is the author or editor of seven books, including the award-winning \u003ci\u003eFire Is Your Water\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Blueberry Years: A Memoir of Farm and Family\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoets and Writers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrion\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShenandoah\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50619896430866,"sku":"9781496231451","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_da8b6ae9-de99-40e7-978a-3000cd376977.jpg?v=1732557022","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/without-warning-the-tornado-of-udall-kansas-9781496231451","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}