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.

On the afternoon of September 8, 1900, 200-mile-per-hour winds and fifteen-foot waves slammed into Galveston, the prosperous and growing port city on Texas's Gulf Coast. By dawn the next day, when the storm had passed, the city that existed just hours before was gone. Over 8,000 corpses littere...

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Main Author: Roker, Al, 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
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Call Number: QC945 .R65 2015
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