Friday, April 15, 2011

Hurricanes at the Library!

Now that hurricane season is approaching, some books of interest owned by the Library are ...

The Hurricane of 1938


  • Sudden Sea: the Great Hurricane of 1938 by R.A. Scotti

  • A Wind to Shake the World: the Story of the 1938 Hurricane by Everett Allen

  • The Great Hurricane by Cherie Burns

  • The 1938 Hurricane: an Historical and Pictorial Summary by William Elliott Minsinger

  • New York, New England Hurricane and Floods, 1938

  • The Great Hurricane and Tidal Wave, Rhode Island, September 21, 1938 by The Providence Journal Company

  • New England Hurricane: a Factual, Pictorial Record by The Federal Writers' Project

  • The Hurricane and Flood of September 21, 1938 at Providence, Rhode Island: a Pictorial Record

  • Photo Record, Hurricane and Flood: New England's Greatest Disaster by The New England Historical Events Association


Hurricane Carol, 1954


  • Hurricane Carol

  • Hurricane 1954

  • Hurricane Carol Lashes Rhode Island, August 31, 1954 by The Providence Journal

  • Carol at 50: Remembering Her Fury by Charles Talcott Orloff


Hurricane Bob, 1991


  • And Bob Was His Name: Hurricane Bob: a Diary of Destruction, August 19, 1991

  • Hurricane Bob, August 16-August 20, 1991: a Brief History by William Elliott Minsinger


Hurricane Andrew, 1992


  • Hurricane Andrew, the Big One by Bette Bauman


Hurricane Katrina, 2005


  • Hurricane Katrina by Jamie Pietras

  • Healing Katrina: Volunteering in Post-Hurricane Mississippi by Timothy Warneka

  • Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster by Michael Eric Dyson

  • The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley

  • Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City by Jed Horne



General Interest


  • Hurricane Watch: Forecasting the Deadliest Storms on Earth by Bob Sheets

  • Inside the Hurricane: Face to Face With Nature's Deadliest Storms by Pete Davies

  • Hurricanes by Michael Allaby

  • Violent Weather: Hurricanes, Tornadoes & Storms by Stan Gibilisco

  • The Scariest Place on Earth: Eye to Eye With Hurricanes by David Fisher

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