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Sudden Sea : The Great Hurricane of 1938 by R. A. Scotti (2003, HC/DJ First Ed.
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- ISBN
- 9780316739115
- Book Title
- Sudden Sea : the Great Hurricane of 1938
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Company
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Nature, History
- Topic
- Natural Disasters, General, United States / General
- Item Width
- 6.2 in
- Item Weight
- 18.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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On September 21, 1938, the fastest hurricane on record caught the Northeast by surprise and left a wake of death and destruction across seven states. Traveling at record speeds, the storm raced up the Atlantic coast, reaching New York and New England ahead of hurricane warnings and striking with such intensity that seismographs in Alaska registered the impact. Winds clocked at 186 miles per hour stripped cars of their paint. Walls of water fifty feet high swept homes and entire families out to sea. Drawing upon newspaper accounts, personal testimony of survivors, and archival sources, Sudden Sea recounts that day in terrifying detail. The Moore family climbed up to the attic of their oceanfront home as the waters rose, only to find themselves launched on a roiling ocean. Joseph Matoes watched as the bus carrying his children home from school stalled on the causeway just as the ocean surged into the bay. Three friends, separated in the fury of the storm, found themselves reunited on a beach a state away. These and other tales of heroism, terror, and survival form the heart of this incredible account. At the same time, R. A. Scotti uncovers the unlikely alignment of meteorological conditions that conspired to bring about the unthinkable: a tropical cyclone on the Northeast coast. The Great Hurricane of 1938 scarred a landscape and a generation. R. A. Scotti has written an extraordinary account of an ocean rising up to wreak total destruction on a way of life the world would never see again. Book jacket.
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Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316739111
ISBN-13
9780316739115
eBay Product ID (ePID)
154367529
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sudden Sea : the Great Hurricane of 1938
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Natural Disasters, General, United States / General
Publication Year
2003
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, History
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Qc945.S475 2003
Copyright Date
2003
Lccn
2003-046093
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