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Category 5: The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane

Category 5: The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane

Knowles, Thomas Neil

Paperback

20th Century United States HistoryEnvironmental StudiesRegional: South

Publisher Price: $26.95

ISBN10: 081306130X
ISBN13: 9780813061306
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: Mar 31 2015
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
A frightening account of the first Category 5 storm to strike the U.S.

A gripping account. . . . Winds were so strong that they tore babies from the arms of their parents. Over four hundred people lost their lives, including over two hundred veterans of World War I. It was a tragedy that did not have to happen.--John Wallace Viele, author of The Florida Keys: A History of the Pioneers

Makes for fascinating reading about a period of time when science, politics, and nature converged, resulting in disaster.--Rodney E. Dillon Jr., Vice President, Past Perfect Florida History, Inc.

In the midst of the Great Depression, a furious storm struck the Florida Keys with devastating force. With winds estimated at over 225 miles per hour, it was the first recorded Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States.

Striking at a time before storms were named, the catastrophic tropical cyclone became known as the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, and its aftermath was felt all the way to Washington, D.C.

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