Galveston and the 1900 Storm: Catastrophe and Catalyst
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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"
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