The Tri-State Tornado

The Story of America's Greatest Tornado Disaster

Omschrijving

The Tri-State Tornado is a gripping account of the worst tornado disaster in American history. Claiming 689 lives during a three-hour rampage across Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925, the storm had one of the longest uninterrupted paths (219 miles) and one of the widest (up to one mile) of any recorded tornado. Its continuous energy was so extreme that it completely obliterated several small towns in its path. Although the fatality count was nearly that of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, with the exception of meteorologists and residents of the affected area, few had ever heard of this catastrophe until this book's initial release in 1992. The Tri-State Tornado reconstructs the tragedy, using vivid eyewitness accounts of fourteen survivors who lived along the tornado's path from the Missouri Ozarks to southwestern Indiana. The clarity with which they recall that day in their lives over sixty years earlier will give readers the unsettling feeling that the tornado struck days, not decades, ago.
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Schrijver
Felknor, Peter S
Titel
The Tri-State Tornado
Uitgever
iUniverse
Jaar
2004
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
144
Gewicht
227 gr
EAN
9780595311880
Afmetingen
222 x 152 x 13 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback

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