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PublisherTexas A&M University Press

ISBN-101585442283

ISBN-139781585442287

eBay Product ID (ePID)2316963

Product Key Features

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameThrough a Night of Horrors : Voices from the 1900 Galveston Storm

Publication Year2002

SubjectUnited States / State & Local / General, Natural Disasters, General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaNature, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorShelly Henley Kelly

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight15.2 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Reviewsï¿½The Great Galveston Storm of 1900 came vividly and frighteningly to life as I read the letters from those fortunate few who survived the wind and water.Casey Green and Shelly Kelly have done a marvelous job of research in ï¿½Through a Night of Horrors: Voices from the 1900 Galveston Stormï¿½.What was ï¿½Isaacï¿½s Stormï¿½, is now Martinï¿½s and Aliceï¿½s and Idaï¿½ Storm. The book is proof once again that fact can be as readable as fiction.ï¿½--Ron Stone, writer/host of ï¿½The Eyes of Texasï¿½, "The Great Galveston Storm of 1900 came vividly and frighteningly to life as I read the letters from those fortunate few who survived the wind and water.Casey Green and Shelly Kelly have done a marvelous job of research in "Through a Night of Horrors: Voices from the 1900 Galveston Storm".What was "Isaac's Storm", is now Martin's and Alice's and Ida' Storm. The book is proof once again that fact can be as readable as fiction."--Ron Stone, writer/host of "The Eyes of Texas"

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal976.4/139

SynopsisIt had no name and gave no warning, but crept stealthily into the Gulf and then roared ashore, killing six thousand people. Nearly one hundred years after its landfall, the hurricane that struck Galveston Island on September 8, 1900 remains the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. In this work witnesses to this deadly disaster describe, in many never-before-published accounts, their encounters with this monstrous storm. Casey Edward Greene and Shelly Henley Kelly's work with these primary sources represents several years of labor in culling the Rosenberg Library in Galveston's unparalleled collection on the 1900 storm. Some of the survivor accounts included were recorded in the days and months immediately following the disaster; others were put down after many years had passed. Oral history recordings made in the 1960s and 1970s provided further accounts given by survivors as they approached the end of their lives. More than seventy dramatic photographs underscore the catastrophe., Over 100 years after its landfall, the hurricane that struck Galveston Island on September 8, 1900, remains the worst natural disaster America has seen. In this title witnesses describe, in many never-before-published accounts, their encounters with this deadly storm.