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Author:

Knowles, Thomas Neil.

Title:

Category 5 : the 1935 Labor Day hurricane / Thomas Neil Knowles.

Publisher:

University Press of Florida,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

x, 350 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Labor Day Hurricane, 1935.
Hurricanes--Florida Keys--Florida Keys--History--20th century.
Hurricanes--United States--History--20th century.
Florida Keys (Fla.)--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-334) and index.

Contents:

Key West's reluctant weatherman -- Ready or not -- Rosalind and the Georges -- The veterans -- The civilians -- Friday and Saturday -- Sunday -- Labor Day : prelude -- Labor Day afternoon -- Labor Day evening -- The surge : part 1 -- The surge : part 2 -- The resurgence -- Tuesday : part 1 -- Tuesday : part 2 -- Saving the survivors -- Saving the ships -- The harvest -- Assessing the damage -- Assigning the blame -- Endings and beginnings.

ISBN:

0813033101 (alk. paper)
9780813033105 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)254526831

LCCN:

2008039345

Locations:

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