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Killer 'Cane: The Deadly Hurricane of 1928
by Mykle, Robert
- New
- Hardcover
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 081541207X
- ISBN 13
- 9780815412076
- Seller
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Brooksville, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Cooper Square Press, 2002. Hardcover. New/New. Volume itself has green & black covers with sharp pink lettering on the spine. 235 pages, including an index and a bibliography. On September 16, 1928, a category 5 hurricane smashed into Palm Beach, Florida, leaving nearly 2,400 corpses in its wake. It remains the second deadliest hurricane in U. S. history. Based on extensive original research and two dozen interviews, this history provides a portrait of the hurricane's victims, as well as a tale of the storm from its inception to its end. Dust jacket is protected in a Brodart cover. Dj is not price clipped. A BRAND NEW COPY of an event with a seventeen-foot storm surge that sent water running through neighboring towns of Belle Glade & South Bay, Florida. Available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box!
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- Bookseller
- James Lasseter, Jr. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0011242
- Title
- Killer 'Cane: The Deadly Hurricane of 1928
- Author
- Mykle, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 081541207X
- ISBN 13
- 9780815412076
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Everglades (Florida)-History-20th Century. Hurricanes-Florida-Everglades-History-20th Century. Everglades (Florida)-Biography. Killer '[Cane: The Deadly Hurricane of 1928. Robert Mykle.
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James Lasseter, Jr.
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Brooksville, Florida
About James Lasseter, Jr.
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