Description
The hurricane that swept Galveston Island early in September, 1900, occupies a unique place in the reckoning of events of the Texas Gulf coast. Nearly a century after its passing, the storm remains the usual against which the ferocity and destructiveness of all others are measured. Twothirds of Galveston’s buildings were washed away at a cost that used to be never fully calculated. More than 6,000 people were killed. And in the collective memory of a region where depredations by wind and water are accepted as a part of life, the weekend of September 8, 1900, is the ultimate example of the terror and violence a hurricane can bring.
John Edward Weems’s account of the Galveston hurricane used to be written more than six decades ago, when a few of the survivors were still living and to be had for interviews. This book is based on a lot of conversations and correspondence with these survivors in addition to a careful examination of up to date documents and news reports. In direct, economical prose Weems recreates that fateful weekend as experienced by those who in truth were there. The result is a narrative that develops a pace and force as irresistible as the hurricane that inspired it, and a work that may be a model of historical reportage.
John Edward Weems’s account of the Galveston hurricane used to be written more than six decades ago, when a few of the survivors were still living and to be had for interviews. This book is based on a lot of conversations and correspondence with these survivors in addition to a careful examination of up to date documents and news reports. In direct, economical prose Weems recreates that fateful weekend as experienced by those who in truth were there. The result is a narrative that develops a pace and force as irresistible as the hurricane that inspired it, and a work that may be a model of historical reportage.
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