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Author Long, Stephen, 1953- author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjK3FQgWgttBYkqKpmyDMd

Title Thirty-Eight : the Hurricane that Transformed New England / Stephen Long.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017].
©2016.

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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  974 LON    Check Shelf
Description xv, 251 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Language Text in English.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents White Pine -- Tropical cyclone -- Disparate destruction -- Better than box -- A day at the fair -- Cleaning up -- Loggers and sawyers -- The new forest -- Telltale signs -- The wind next time.
Summary "The hurricane that pummeled the northeastern United States on September 21, 1938, was New England's most damaging weather event ever. To call it "New England's Katrina" might be to understate its power. Without warning, the storm plowed into Long Island and New England, killing hundreds of people and destroying roads, bridges, dams, and buildings that stood in its path. Not yet spent, the hurricane then raced inland, maintaining high winds into Vermont and New Hampshire and uprooting millions of acres of forest. This book is the first to investigate how the hurricane of '38 transformed New England, bringing about social and ecological changes that can still be observed these many decades later. The hurricane's impact was erratic -- some swaths of forest were destroyed while others nearby remained unscathed; some stricken forests retain their prehurricane character, others have been transformed. Stephen Long explores these contradictions, drawing on survivors' vivid memories of the storm and its aftermath and on his own familiarity with New England's forests, where he discovers clues to the storm's legacies even now. Thirty-Eight is a gripping story of a singularly destructive hurricane. It also provides important and insightful information on how best to prepare for the inevitable next great storm."--Provided by Amazon.com.
Subject New England Hurricane, 1938.
Hurricanes -- New England -- History -- 20th century.
Hurricanes. (OCoLC)fst00964360
New England. (OCoLC)fst01241913
New England Hurricane (1938) (OCoLC)fst01755486 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9BhG8Yj6T8gcGvJVK
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title '38 : the Hurricane that Transformed New England
ISBN 0300230672
9780300230673
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