A HOLE IN THE WIND is an interesting book. A blend of travelogue, climate science examination, history, and social anthropology(ish). Well-written and engaging, Goodrich has done a great job of giving readers an idea of why climate science/change is received in such wildly different ways in the United States. If you've any interest in climate science and/or American politics, then I'd recommend you give this book a try.

I enjoyed this armchair trip across the US/Climate Change Lecture. The author is a retired climate scientist who bicycles across the US to observe and talk about climate change. This trip was taken in 2011 but he also writes about earlier and later trips. I enjoyed the history of the places he visited as well. The book is easy to read without a lot of technical information dragging the story down. Accompanying the text are photographs from the trip. Anyone interested in the changing world will enjoy this trip.

I feel tempted to buy several copies of this book and send it to all the idiots in the White House who just withdrew the US from the Paris Agreement, but I guess they'd just dismiss it as fiction, and then make a big bonfire out of them, thereby increasing their pollution output...
This is a factual account of one climatologist's journey from the East Coast of the US to the West Coast on a bicycle, during which he bears witness to the irreparable damage that mankind is exacting upon our planet. From sea level rises submerging parts of the East Coast, to a new Dust Bowl developing in the flyover states, to forest devastation, to fracking, to waste management, all the evils that man does are encapsulated here.
This book should act as a screeching alarm that the time to act is now. Climate change is real and happening now. In lieu of strong leadership, the onus of responsibility now remains with the people. If you want your children to have a planet that is still inhabitable. An extremely timely essential read.