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The storm of the century : tragedy, heroism, survival, and the epic true story of America's deadliest natural disaster : the great Gulf hurricane of 1900 / Al Roker.
"Presents an account of the legendary hurricane to assess its destruction of Galveston, role in thousands of deaths, and influence on American history and culture"--Publisher's description.
Item details
- ISBN: 9780062364654 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0062364650 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780062364661
- ISBN: 0062364669
- Physical Description: vi, 312 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015]
Contents / Notes
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-304) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Underwater -- They all had plans. Looking forward ; The storm: Africa ; A reasonable argument ; Storm watcher ; The storm: from Cuba to Texas -- Maelstrom. Galveston: Thursday, September 6 ; Friday: the waves ; Saturday morning: storm tide ; Saturday afternoon: "half the city underwater" ; The night of horrors -- The white city on the beach. Telegraph silence ; The pile ; "I can begin life again, as I entered it" ; "In pity's name, in America's name" ; No tongue can tell. |
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| Subject: | Hurricanes > Texas > Galveston > History > 20th century. Galveston (Tex.) > History > 20th century. Hurricanes. Texas > Galveston. |
| Genre: | History. |
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| Conyers-Rockdale Library System: Nancy Guinn Memorial Library |
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