Book talk by Draughon Professor of Southern History Ken Noe

The public is invited to an online book talk by Ken Noe, author of "The Howling Storm: Weather, Climate, and the American Civil War", on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at noon on the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities Facebook page.

"The Howling Storm" is the first comprehensive examination of weather and climate during the Civil War. Climate conditions during the war proved unusual, as irregular phenomena such as El Niño, La Niña and similar oscillations in the Atlantic Ocean disrupted weather patterns across southern states. Taking into account these meteorological events, Noe rethinks conventional explanations of battlefield victories and losses, compelling historians to reconsider long-held conclusions about the war.

Ken Noe is the Draughon Professor of Southern History at Auburn. He is the author or editor of eight books on the American Civil War, including "The Yellowhammer War: Alabama in the Civil War and Reconstruction," and "Reluctant Rebels: The Confederates Who Joined the Army After 1861."

The Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities at Pebble Hill is located at 101 S. Debardeleben St., Auburn. For more information on the program, call 334-844-4903 or visit www.auburn.edu/cah.