Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Great Hurricane: 1938ISBN13:9780802142542ISBN10:0802142540Author:Burns, Cherie (Author)Description:On The Night Of September 21,1938, News On The Radio Was Full Of The Invasion Of Czechoslovakia There Was No Mention Of Any Severe Weather By The Time Oceanfront Residents Noticed An Ominous Color In The Sky, It Was Too Late To Escape In An Age Before Warning Systems And The Ubiquity Of Television, This Unprecedented Storm Caught The Northeast Off Guard, Obliterated Coastal Communities, And Killed Seven Hundred People The Great Hurricane: 1938 Is A Spellbinding Hour-By-Hour Reconstruction Of One Of The Most Destructive And Powerful Storms Ever To Hit The United States With Riveting Detail, Burns Weaves Together The Countless Personal Stories Of Loved Ones Lost And Lives Changed Forever -- From Those Of The Moore Family, Washed To Sea On A Raft Formerly Their Attic Floor, To Katharine Hepburn, Holed Up In Her Connecticut Mansion, Watching Her Car Take To The Air Like A Bit Of Paper With Masterful Storytelling Skill, Burns Follows The Punishing Path Of The Great Hurricane Of 1938, Which Hit The Eastern Seaboard, From Long Island To Connecticut And Rhode Island, In A Seamless And Suspenseful Narrative, Preserving For Posterity The Personal Stories Of Survivors And The Legend Of The Storm Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Grove PressPublication Date:2006-06-05Weight:0.64 lbsDimensions:0.65'' H x 8.12'' L x 6.3'' WNumber of Pages:230Language:English
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Book Title: Great Hurricane: 1938
Item Length: 8.2in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Cherie Burns
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Natural Disasters, United States / 20th Century, United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, ME, NH, Ri, VT)
Publisher: GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2006
Genre: Nature, History
Item Weight: 10.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
