02482cam a2200373 i 4500 623554550 TxAuBib 20151003120000.0 141101s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062393029 large print 0062393022 large print (OCoLC)894310266 BTCTA eng rda BTCTA WIM ORX T7B FM0 OCLCF TXKPL TxAuBib rda Roker, Al, 1954-, author. The storm of the century : tragedy, heroism, survival, and the epic true story of America's deadliest natural disaster : the great Gulf Hurricane of 1900 / Al Roker. First HarperLuxe edition. New York, NY : HarperLuxe, [2015] 408 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Underwater -- They all had plans. Looking forward ; The storm: Africa ; A reasonable argument ; Storm watcher ; The storm: from Cuba to Texas -- Maelstrom. Galveston: Thursday, September 6 ; Friday: the waves ; Saturday morning: storm tide ; Saturday afternoon: "half the city underwater" ; The night of horrors -- The white city on the beach. Telegraph silence ; The pile ; "I can begin life again, as I entered it" ; "In pity's name, in America's name" ; No tongue can tell. On the afternoon of September 8, 1900, 200-mile-per-hour winds and fifteen-foot waves slammed into Galveston, the prosperous and growing port city on Texas's Gulf Coast. By dawn the next day, when the storm had passed, the city that existed just hours before was gone. Over 8,000 corpses littered the streets or were buried under the massive wreckage. Roker brings this legendary disaster and its aftermath into brilliant focus. Exploring the impact of the disaster on a rising nation's confidence, he illuminates both the energy and the limitations of the American Century, and of nature itself. 20151003. 1900-1999. Hurricanes Texas Galveston History 20th century. Hurricanes. Galveston (Tex.) History 20th century. Galveston (Tex.) Large print books. lcgft Historical fiction. lcgft TXKPL