Great Storms of the Jersey Shore
- ISBN-10
- 1593221231
- ISBN-13
- 9781593221232
- Category
- Hurricane Sandy, 2012
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019
- Publisher
- Down the Shore Publishing
- Authors
- Margaret Thomas Buchholz, Larry Savadove, Scott Mazzella
Description
This new and expanded edition of a "history of wild weather on the Jersey Shore...with harrowing eyewitness accounts" (Booklist) now includes Superstorm Sandy and even more weather.Illustrated with nearly 300 photographs, engravings and graphics, this large-format book is filled with vivid personal accounts from storm survivors. Covering the earliest recorded storms through the devastating March '62 northeaster, the 1944 hurricane, December 1992's extreme northeaster and Superstorm Sandy, this "bible of Jersey Shore storms" also touches upon the mythic nature of great storms and looks at the environmental implications of coastal living. With added color photographs, more storms, and updated information, record tides and storm tracks, this new edition includes an Afterword about climate change, sea level rise, and the future of the coast. It is a must for every Shore resident's library.
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