Killer 'Cane: The Deadly Hurricane of 1928
Mykle does a nice job of portraying Everglades frontier life: the moonshine, the politics, the path of development. (Michael GrunwaldThe New Republic)Mykle sifted through Florida history—geographic, economic, meteorological and cultural—and quotes from several dozen interviews to tell his story, zeroing in on many of the individuals who affected and were affected by this mind-boggling piece of windy and wet American history. "'I think about it every day,'" survivor Vernie Boots told Mykle. Though this killer hurricane struck nearly 74 years ago, if you read this fast-paced book, you'll have a hard time forgetting it too. (Chicago Tribune)Mykle tells this saga of epic destruction with short episodes that gradually grow together, like cross-cutting scenes in a movie. The approach, and the book, both work well. Florida history is the better for Mykle's book. (Palm Beach Post)This is a solidly researched, engagingly written snapshot of Florida. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)Mykle's research provided a window into a disappearing breed of pioneers, who remembered the violent storms and the in-between years when a hardscrabble lifestyle was the norm. (Sharon JonesNews-Sun)The true stories Robert Mykle tells inKiller 'Cane: The Deadly Hurricane of 1928paint a picture of nature's terrible immensity that's the stuff of nightmares. (Orlando Sentinel)This is a superbly written book. (Velma DanielsNews Chief)This book is a winner. The treatment of individual threads woven into the whole is a good approach and keeps the details alive, effective, and not obscured by the overall event. (Dr. Joseph R. Orsenigo, President of the Glades Historical Society )