Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938
In the tradition of "The Perfect Storm, Sudden Sea" harkens back to a natural disaster that struck terror in the hearts of many. In this narrative, readers experience The Great Hurricane of 1938, the most financially destructive storm on record.
In the tradition of "The Perfect Storm, Sudden Sea" harkens back to a natural disaster that struck terror in the hearts of many. In this narrative, readers experience The Great Hurricane of 1938, the most financially destructive storm on record.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780316832113 (0316832111)
ASIN: 0316832111
Publish date: 2004-08-24
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
In September 1938, a hurricane began forming in the Atlantic and then suddenly accelerated up the Eastern Seaboard to hit New England. 700 people died and thousands of homes were destroyed, but today, almost nobody remembers it because WW2 intervened. Perhaps the most vivid and poignant scene are th...
A horrifying read. Again, not good timing for me. I live thirty miles from Galveston and hurricane season has just begun. Very hard for me to read.I've heard all my life about the storm of 1900 that devastated Galveston, but I've never heard anything about this storm. It was the only category five h...
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