Galveston and the 1900 storm
Subtitle: catastrophe and catalyst
By: Patricia Bellis Bixel and Elizabeth Hayes Turner.
Contributors: Turner, Elizabeth Hayes.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Hurricanes -- Texas -- Galveston -- History -- 20th century.; Floods -- Texas -- Galveston -- History -- 20th century.; Galveston (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century.
Description: "The hurricane that pounded Galveston through the night of September 8, 1900, reduced a cosmopolitan and economically vibrant city to a wreckage-strewn wasteland where survivors struggled without shelter, power, potable water, or even the means to communicate their plight to the mainland.".

"As the centennial of the 1900 Storm prompts remembrance and reassessment, this account completes the story of America's deadliest natural disaster and places Galveston's experience within the broader context of the national Progressive movement, the history of technology and the environment, and women's history."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-170) and index.