A furious sky : the five-hundred-year history of America's hurricanes
by Dolin, Eric Jay (Author)
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"The best-selling author of Leviathan returns with the first major historical account of America's hurricanes, and reveals how they've shaped our nation. From the moment European colonists laid violent claim to this land, hurricanes have had a profound and visceral impact on American history-yet, no... Full description
Table of Contents:
- A new and violent world
- The law of storms
- Seeing into the future
- Obliterated
- Death and destruction in the sunshine state
- The great hurricane of 1938
- Into, over, and under the Maelstrom
- A rogues' gallery
- Epilogue. Stormy weather ahead.