The Great Hurricane, 1938
By:Cherie Burns
Published on 2007-12-01 by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

“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
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Book ID of The Great Hurricane, 1938's Books is QBoUL4u01YIC, Book which was written byCherie Burns
Book which was published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic since 2007-12-01 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9781555846145 and ISBN 10 Code is 1555846149

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