Taken by Storm 1938: A Social and Meteorological History of the Great New England Hurricane

Taken by Storm 1938: A Social and Meteorological History of the Great New England Hurricane
ISBN-10
1878220373
ISBN-13
9781878220370
Category
Hurricanes
Pages
265
Language
English
Published
2013
Publisher
Amer Meteorological Society
Author
Lourdes B. Avilés

Description

"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.

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