Taken by storm, 1938
Subtitle: a social and meteorological history of the great New England hurricane
By: Lourdes B. Avilés
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9781878220370
Subjects: Hurricanes; History; New England Hurricane, 1938
Description: "On September 21, 1938 the great New England hurricane hit the shores of New York and New England unannounced. The most powerful storm of the century, it changed everything, from the landscape and its inhabitants' lives, to Red Cross and Weather Bureau protocols, to the amount of Great Depression Relief New Englanders would receive, and the resulting pace of regional economic recovery"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-256) and index.