Galveston and the 1900 Storm: Catastrophe and Catalyst

by Elizabeth Hayes Turner and Patricia Bellis Bixel

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Runner-up, Spur Award for Best Western Nonfiction--Contemporary, Western Writers Of America, 2001

The Galveston storm of 1900 reduced a cosmopolitan and economically vibrant city to a wreckage-strewn wasteland where survivors struggled without shelter, power, potable water, or even the means to summon help. At least 6,000 of the city's 38,000 residents died in the hurricane. Many observers predicted that Galveston would never recover...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:029270884X

ISBN13:9780292708846

Release Date:August 2000

Publisher:University of Texas Press

Length:190 Pages

Weight:1.36 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 10.1" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

20th Century Atmospheric Sciences Earth Sciences History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Natural Disasters Nature Politics & Social Sciences Social Sciences State & Local

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