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Dan Fagin (born February 1, 1963) is an American journalist who specializes in environmental science. He won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for his best-selling book Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation. [1][2] Toms River also won the Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism, the National Academies ...
Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation is a 2013 non-fiction book by the American author Dan Fagin. [1] It is about the dumping of industrial pollution by chemical companies including Ciba-Geigy, in Toms River, New Jersey, beginning in 1952 through the 1980s, [2] and the epidemiological investigations of a cancer cluster that subsequently emerged there.
On April 21, 2009, Bradt successfully kayaked Palouse Falls in Washington state. At an estimated 186 feet (57 m) (This drop was re-measured at 189 ft.), this made Bradt's descent a world record, breaking the previous record set by a Brazilian kayaker named Pedro Oliva who ran the 127-foot (39 m) Salto Belo of the Rio Sacre just a month before.
Distance Event Record Canoeist Nationality Date Meet Place Ref 200 m: WK1: 37.898: Lucy New Zealand 10 August 2014: World Championships: Moscow, Russia [3]WK2: 35.869: Anna Kárász
Kruger was born in 1922 in Pulaski County, Indiana. [1] When he as 14 years old, he dropped out of high school to help provide for his family during the Great Depression. [2] During World War II, Kruger got drafted into the Army, where he was enlisted to be a tank driver. He graduated from the Army Air Force Flight Training School, and became a ...
Having sold more than 600 million copies worldwide,[14] Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling is the best-selling book series in history. The first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, has sold in excess of 120 million copies, [15] making it one of the best-selling books of all time.
The 33-year-old and his three fellow kayakers faced venomous scorpions, snakes, tarantulas and stingrays on their 380-mile (611km) journey through the Amazon rainforest. "We didn't come across any ...
His wife recommended he start his own kayaking company.After spending many years designing kayaks for various manufacturers, Eric founded Jackson Kayak in October 2003. [1] [better source needed] Since then, Jackson Kayak has grown to the number one position (2007) in whitewater kayaks and is still the best selling brand world-wide today (2018).