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Get the Summary of William K. Klingaman and Nicholas P. Klingaman's The Year Without Summer in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. On April 5, 1815, Mount Tambora in Indonesia erupted, sending ash 18 miles high, which was misinterpreted as cannon fire by British officials in Java. The eruption's ash cloud darkened skies and stifled air, leading to a second violent eruption on April 10 that destroyed villages and created tsunamis. The ash cloud spread globally, cooling temperatures and causing the "Year Without Summer" in 1816...