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Author:

Dodge, John (Columnist), author.

Title:

A deadly wind : the 1962 Columbus Day storm / John Dodge.

Publisher:

Oregon State University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xvii, 238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Subject:

Storms--Northwest, Pacific--History--20th century.
Storms--Pacific Coast--Pacific Coast--History--20th century.
Storms--Pacific Coast--Pacific Coast--History--20th century.
Storms--Pacific Coast (U.S.)--History--20th century.
Northwest, Pacific--History.
Storms
British Columbia--Pacific Coast.
California--Pacific Coast.
Pacific Northwest
United States--Pacific Coast.
1900-1999
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Out on a limb -- Tracking typhoon freda -- Countdown to calamity -- Death comes to Eugene -- Coastal chaos -- Ground zero -- A wind like no other -- Fallen forests -- The wind and wine -- Bridgetown under siege -- Life turns on a dime -- Lions in the wind -- It happened at the fair (buon gusto) -- Terror in Stanley Park -- A stormy aftermath -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

0870719289
9780870719288

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1028908555

LCCN:

2018016272

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)