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Author : Lourdes B. Avilés
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 194497024X
"80th anniversary of the Great New England Hurricaine."
Author : Lourdes B. Avilés
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Hurricanes
ISBN : 1878220373
"On September 21, 1938 the great New England hurricane hit the shores of New York and New England unannounced. The most powerful storm of the century, it changed everything, from the landscape and its inhabitants' lives, to Red Cross and Weather Bureau protocols, to the amount of Great Depression Relief New Englanders would receive, and the resulting pace of regional economic recovery"--Provided by publisher.
Author : R. A. Scotti
Publisher : Back Bay Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-12-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780316054782
The massive destruction wreaked by the Hurricane of 1938 dwarfed that of the Chicago Fire, the San Francisco Earthquake, and the Mississippi floods of 1927, making the storm the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. Now, R.A. Scotti tells the story.
Author : Mary Cummings
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0738545481
More than 150 historical photographs, many taken by survivors of the storm, capture the devastating impact of the 1938 hurricane on the Hamptons area of Long Island. Original.
Author : Everett S. Allen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : CHI:75273424
The thrilling story of the hurricane of 1938, the worst New England storm of the 20th century, as told by a reporter whose first day on the New Bedford waterfront was the day the storm blew in.
Author : Joseph P. Soares
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0738557595
Pictorial images of the devastation of New England's coast after a devastating hurricane in 1938.
Author : Cherie Burns
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781555846145
“Before there was the Perfect Storm, there was the Great Hurricane of 1938. A riveting and wonderfully written account.” —Nathaniel Philbrick 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 on Long Island and in New England, and killed nearly 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 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. “A very good book.” —The Washington Post
Author : Stephen Long
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780300220889
The hurricane that pummeled the northeastern United States on September 21, 1938, was New England’s most damaging weather event ever. To call it “New England’s Katrina” might be to understate its power. Without warning, the storm plowed into Long Island and New England, killing hundreds of people and destroying roads, bridges, dams, and buildings that stood in its path. Not yet spent, the hurricane then raced inland, maintaining high winds into Vermont and New Hampshire and uprooting millions of acres of forest. This book is the first to investigate how the hurricane of ’38 transformed New England, bringing about social and ecological changes that can still be observed these many decades later. The hurricane’s impact was erratic—some swaths of forest were destroyed while others nearby remained unscathed; some stricken forests retain their prehurricane character, others have been transformed. Stephen Long explores these contradictions, drawing on survivors’ vivid memories of the storm and its aftermath and on his own familiarity with New England’s forests, where he discovers clues to the storm’s legacies even now. Thirty-Eight is a gripping story of a singularly destructive hurricane. It also provides important and insightful information on how best to prepare for the inevitable next great storm.
Author : Aram Goudsouzian
Publisher : Applewood Books
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Hurricanes
ISBN : 9781889833750
A gripping description of New England's storm of the century.
Author : Beatriz Williams
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101596517
As the 1938 hurricane approaches Rhode Island, another storm brews in this New York Times bestselling beach read from the author of Her Last Flight and The Golden Hour. Lily Dane has returned to Seaview, Rhode Island, where her family has summered for generations. It’s an escape not only from New York’s social scene but from a heartbreak that still haunts her. Here, among the seaside community that has embraced her since childhood, she finds comfort in the familiar rituals of summer. But this summer is different. Budgie and Nick Greenwald—Lily’s former best friend and former fiancé—have arrived, too, and Seaview’s elite are abuzz. Under Budgie’s glamorous influence, Lily is seduced into a complicated web of renewed friendship and dangerous longing. As a cataclysmic hurricane churns north through the Atlantic, and uneasy secrets slowly reveal themselves, Lily and Nick must confront an emotional storm that will change their worlds forever... READERS GUIDE INCLUDED
Author : Alan Gratz
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545880879
The award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling novel from Alan Gratz tells the timely--and timeless--story of three different kids seeking refuge. A New York Times bestseller! JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world... ISABEL is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America... MAHMOUD is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe... All three kids go on harrowing journeys in search of refuge. All will face unimaginable dangers -- from drownings to bombings to betrayals. But there is always the hope of tomorrow. And although Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades, shocking connections will tie their stories together in the end. As powerful and poignant as it is action-packed and page-turning, this highly acclaimed novel has been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than four years and continues to change readers' lives with its meaningful takes on survival, courage, and the quest for home.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Floods
ISBN : UCSD:31822020662482
Author : Tennessee Williams
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0811214222
A crucible of so many elements that would later shape and characterize Williams's work.--World Literature Today
Author : Eric Jay Dolin
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781631495281
Washington Post • 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2020 Finalist • Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction Kirkus Reviews • Best Nonfiction Books of 2020 Library Journal • Best Science & Technology Books of 2020 Booklist • 10 Top Sci-Tech Books of 2020 New York Times Book Review • Editor's Choice With A Furious Sky, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin tells the history of America itself through its five-hundred-year battle with the fury of hurricanes. In this “compelling” chronicle (New York Times Book Review), Eric Jay Dolin tells the history of America through its battles with hurricanes.Weaving together tales of tragedy and folly, of heroism and scientific progress, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin shows how hurricanes have time and again determined the course of American history, from the nameless storms that threatened the New World voyages to our own era of global warming and megastorms. Along the way, Dolin introduces a rich cast of unlikely heroes, and forces us to reckon with the reality that future storms will likely be worse, unless we reimagine our relationship with the planet.
Author : Sebastian Junger
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1997-05-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 039307661X
"There is nothing imaginary about Junger's book; it is all terrifyingly, awesomely real." —Los Angeles Times It was the storm of the century, boasting waves over one hundred feet high—a tempest created by so rare a combination of factors that meteorologists deemed it "the perfect storm." In a book that has become a classic, Sebastian Junger explores the history of the fishing industry, the science of storms, and the candid accounts of the people whose lives the storm touched. The Perfect Storm is a real-life thriller that makes us feel like we've been caught, helpless, in the grip of a force of nature beyond our understanding or control. Winner of the American Library Association's 1998 Alex Award.