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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Bixel, Patricia Bellis, 1956- Galveston and the 1900 storm. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2000 (OCoLC)742963096 |
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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Patricia Bellis Bixel; Elizabeth Hayes Turner |
| ISBN: | 0292708831 9780292708839 029270884X 9780292708846 |
| OCLC Number: | 43095864 |
| Description: | xiv, 174 p. : ill., maps ; 23 x 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: "A place of unique, sensual beauty" -- "A thousand little devils, shrieking and whistling" : September 8, 1900 -- "You brave people of Galveston" : from wreckage to recovery -- "Everything that mortal men can do" : protecting Galveston Island -- "To attain that superior success" : recovery and growth -- Conclusion: "I will never forget those days." |
| Responsibility: | Patricia Bellis Bixel and Elizabeth Hayes Turner. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
An illustrated history of the 1900 hurricane that destroyed Galveston.
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