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019 _a917149432
020 _a0062393022
_q(large print)
020 _a9780062393029
_q(large print)
035 _a(OCoLC)894310266
_z(OCoLC)917149432
040 _aBTCTA
_beng
_cBTCTA
_dWIM
_dORX
_dT7B
_dFM0
_dNFG
043 _an-us-tx
049 _aNFGS
092 _a976.4139
_bR742
100 1 _aRoker, Al,
_d1954-,
_eauthor.
_9138537
245 1 4 _aThe storm of the century :
_btragedy, heroism, survival, and the epic true story of America's deadliest natural disaster : the great Gulf Hurricane of 1900 /
_cAl Roker.
250 _aFirst HarperLuxe edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bHarperLuxe,
_c[2015]
300 _a408 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
340 _nlarge print
_2rda
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aUnderwater -- They all had plans. Looking forward ; The storm: Africa ; A reasonable argument ; Storm watcher ; The storm: from Cuba to Texas -- Maelstrom. Galveston: Thursday, September 6 ; Friday: the waves ; Saturday morning: storm tide ; Saturday afternoon: "half the city underwater" ; The night of horrors -- The white city on the beach. Telegraph silence ; The pile ; "I can begin life again, as I entered it" ; "In pity's name, in America's name" ; No tongue can tell.
650 0 _aHurricanes
_zTexas
_zGalveston
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_9284234
651 0 _aGalveston (Tex.)
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_9284235
655 0 _aLarge type books.
_9848
942 _cBOOK
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_bNFG
998 _a007753025
999 _c196163
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