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Author Latham, Donna.

Title Hurricane! : the 1900 Galveston night of terror / by Donna Latham ; consultant, Daniel H. Franck.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Bearport Pub., ©2006.

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Location Call No. Status
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Children's Department  J551.552 LATHAM    Check Shelf
Description 32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Series X-treme disasters that changed America
X-treme disasters that changed America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Contents Warning on the beach -- Nature's fury -- A city swept away -- What is a hurricane? -- Four hurricanes in two months -- The Texas storms of 1886 -- Tales of survival -- Heat, debris, and a changed opinion -- The goal to rebuild -- Two major changes -- Feeling safe, feeling curious -- Storm tracking -- Just the facts.
Summary Tells of the hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas on Sept. 8, 1900, and still remains the worst natural disaster in U.S. hisotry.
Subject Hurricanes -- Juvenile literature.
Hurricanes -- Texas -- Galveston -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Hurricanes.
Hurricanes. (OCoLC)fst00964360
Texas -- Galveston. (OCoLC)fst01212106
Hurricanes.
Hurricanes -- Galveston (Tex.) -- History.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
ISBN 1597160717 (lib. bdg.)
9781597160711 (lib. bdg.)
159716108X (pbk.)
9781597161084 (pbk.)
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