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008			150330s2015 nyuab b 001 0 eng
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019			_a908282668 _a919578867
020			_a0062364650 (hardcover)
020			_a0062364669
020			_a9780062364654 (hardcover)
020			_a9780062364661
020			_z9780062443519
020			_z9780062443526
035			_a(OCoLC)893897997 _z(OCoLC)908282668 _z(OCoLC)919578867
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dBTCTA _dYDXCP _dBDX _dOCLCF _dABG _dJQM _dZHB _dINR _dILC _dCDX _dCOO _dNFG
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043			_an-us-tx
049			_aNFGA
092			_a976.4139 _bR742
100	1		_aRoker, Al, _d1954- _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 edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bWilliam Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, _c[2015]
300			_avi, 312 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 302-304) 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.
520			_a"Presents an account of the legendary hurricane to assess its destruction of Galveston, role in thousands of deaths, and influence on American history and culture"--Publisher's description.
520			_aOn the afternoon of September 8, 1900, 200-mile-per-hour winds and fifteen-foot waves slammed into Galveston, the prosperous and growing port city on Texas's Gulf Coast. By dawn the next day, when the storm had passed, the city that existed just hours before was gone. Over 8,000 corpses littered the streets or were buried under the massive wreckage. Roker brings this legendary disaster and its aftermath into brilliant focus. Exploring the impact of the disaster on a rising nation's confidence, he illuminates both the energy and the limitations of the American Century, and of nature itself.
650		0	_aHurricanes _zTexas _zGalveston _xHistory _y20th century. _9284234
651		0	_aGalveston (Tex.) _xHistory _y20th century. _9284235
942			_cBOOK _05
994			_aC0 _bNFG
998			_a007766536
999			_c197621 _d197621