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Author Minetor, Randi, author.

Title Historic disasters of New England : legendary storms, twisters, floods, and other catastrophes / Randi Minetor.

Publication Info. Camden, Maine ; Lanham, Maryland : Down East Books, [2021]
© 2021.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  904.5 MINETOR    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  974 MINETOR    Check Shelf
Description 208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary "Historic Disasters of New England tells the stories of the biggest and baddest natural calamities to have struck the region, including: The 4-state tornado swarm of 1787 The October Gale 1841 The Great Blizzard of 1888 The Heat Wave of 1911 The Twin Hurricanes of 1954 And lots more"-- Provided by publisher.
Note "Distributed by NATIONAL BOOK NETWORK"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction: The night Vermont flooded -- 'Tis never good for man nor beast -- The Storm of 1635 -- "An Horrid Snow" -- The Great Snow of 1717 -- "A Most Tremendous Roar" -- The Four-State Tornado Swarm of 1787 -- "A Moving Vortex" -- The Great September Gale of 1815 -- "Unbridled Madness" -- The October Gale of 1841 -- "Incalculable Loss" -- The Great Nantucket Fire of 1846 -- "Smashed to Atoms" -- The Saxby Gale of 1869 -- "Deep, Wet and Drifting" -- The Great Blizzard of 1888 -- "No Hope for Relief" -- The Heat Wave of 1911 -- "Tidal Wave of Death" -- The Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 -- "Widespread Disaster" -- The Vermont Floods of 1927 -- "Blown Apart" -- The 1938 Long Island Express -- "End of the World" -- The week Maine burned in 1947 -- "No Place to Hide" -- The Twin Hurricanes of 1954 -- Epilogue.
Subject Natural disasters -- New England -- History.
Natural disasters. (OCoLC)fst01033994
New England. (OCoLC)fst01241913
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Online version: Minetor, Randi, 1958- Historic disasters of New England Lanham : Down East Books, 2021. 9781608937394 (DLC) 2020052113
ISBN 9781608937134 (Paperback : alk. paper)
1608937135 (Paperback : alk. paper)
9781608937394 (ePub)
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