CONTENTS

PROLOGUE

PART 1: THE LAND

PART 2: THE WARNINGS

PART 3: THE CONSERVATIONISTS

PART 4: THE ERUPTION

PART 5: THE RESCUES

PART 6: THE MONUMENT

PART 7: DECLINE AND RENEWAL

EPILOGUE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

SOURCE NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ILLUSTRATIONS

ILLUSTRATION CREDITS

INDEX