A Weekend in September
A History, Nonfiction book. This was a great book! It concentrates mostly on the time leading up...
The hurricane that swept Galveston Island early in September, 1900, occupies a unique place in the reckoning of events of the Texas Gulf coast. Nearly a century after its passing, the storm remains the standard against which the ferocity and destructiveness of all others are measured. Twothirds of Galveston's buildings were washed away at a cost that was never fully calculated. More than 6,000 people were killed. And in the collective memory of a region where depredations by wind and water are accepted as part of life, the weekend of September 8, 1900, is the ultimate example of the terror and violence a hurricane can bring. John Edward Weems's account of the Galveston hurricane was written more than six decades ago, when many of the survivors were still living and available for interviews. This book is based...
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- Pages: 192 pages
- ISBN: 9780890963906 / 890963908
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This was a great book! It concentrates mostly on the time leading up to the storm and the hours during the storm. Survivors and family members of the victims were interviewed to gain the information for the book. I have read several books on the Great Storm, but this one gave me information I had not heard before. It follows people... I think that the end was more interesting than the beginning. I didn't think how the author dropped names everywhere. With all the names I couldn't keep up with who said what and who did what. The whole situation was very tragic, but the author portrayed that part very well. I can't give it five stars, or four. I think three is a fair... Written in 1957, the author had several survivors of the Galveston hurricane of 1900 at his disposal. This made for an interesting read. I grew up in South Central Texas in a time when hurricanes were tracked ahead of arrival and citizens have plenty of warning. In 1900, the only way to communicate to the populace was by newspaper,...
