Killer 'cane
Subtitle: the deadly hurricane of 1928
By: Robert Mykle.
Edition: 1st Cooper Square Press ed.
Publisher: Cooper Square Press; Distributed by National Book Network
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York; [United States]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Hurricanes -- Florida -- Everglades -- History -- 20th century.; Everglades (Fla.) -- History -- 20th century.; Everglades (Fla.) -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "On September 16, 1928, after a murderous journey through the Caribbean and the Bahamas, a category 5 hurricane smashed into Palm Beach, Florida, leaving nearly 2,400 corpses in its wake. It remains the second deadliest hurricane in U.S. history, surpassed only by the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900. The 1928 hurricane decimated large swaths of land, while the accompanying seventeen-foot storm surge sent water roaring through the neighboring towns of Chosen, Belle Glade, and South Bay."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221) and index.