Synopsis Former journalist Scotti tells the tale of the 1938 hurricane that travelled across seven Northeastern states and killed nearly 700 people, making it the worst natural disaster to ever befall the United States. The author based his detailed, compelling account on the individual stories of survivors, including forecasters, as told in interviews and newspaper accounts.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2003-09-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 279 pages | | Height: | 9.8 in | | Width: | 6.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 18.4 oz |
Publisher's Note Draws on period newspaper accounts, eyewitness testimony, archival footage, and weather forecasters to provide an in-depth account of the Great Hurricane of 1938, which left a trail of death and destruction across seven communities and obliterated entire communities and families.
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