The 1938 Hurricane Along New England's Coast

The 1938 Hurricane Along New England's Coast
Title The 1938 Hurricane Along New England's Coast PDF eBook
Author Joseph P. Soares
Publisher Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages 132
Release 2008
Genre History
ISBN 9780738557595

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Pictorial images of the devastation of New England's coast after a devastating hurricane in 1938.

Thirty-Eight

Thirty-Eight
Title Thirty-Eight PDF eBook
Author Stephen Long
Publisher Yale University Press
Total Pages 272
Release 2016-03-22
Genre Nature
ISBN 030022088X

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The hurricane that pummeled the northeastern United States on September 21, 1938, was New England’s most damaging weather event ever. To call it “New England’s Katrina” might be to understate its power. Without warning, the storm plowed into Long Island and New England, killing hundreds of people and destroying roads, bridges, dams, and buildings that stood in its path. Not yet spent, the hurricane then raced inland, maintaining high winds into Vermont and New Hampshire and uprooting millions of acres of forest. This book is the first to investigate how the hurricane of ’38 transformed New England, bringing about social and ecological changes that can still be observed these many decades later. The hurricane’s impact was erratic—some swaths of forest were destroyed while others nearby remained unscathed; some stricken forests retain their prehurricane character, others have been transformed. Stephen Long explores these contradictions, drawing on survivors’ vivid memories of the storm and its aftermath and on his own familiarity with New England’s forests, where he discovers clues to the storm’s legacies even now. Thirty-Eight is a gripping story of a singularly destructive hurricane. It also provides important and insightful information on how best to prepare for the inevitable next great storm.

Sudden Sea

Sudden Sea
Title Sudden Sea PDF eBook
Author R. A. Scotti
Publisher Back Bay Books
Total Pages 288
Release 2008-12-14
Genre Nature
ISBN 031605478X

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The massive destruction wreaked by the Hurricane of 1938 dwarfed that of the Chicago Fire, the San Francisco Earthquake, and the Mississippi floods of 1927, making the storm the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. Now, R.A. Scotti tells the story.

1938 Hurricane Along New England's Coast

1938 Hurricane Along New England's Coast
Title 1938 Hurricane Along New England's Coast PDF eBook
Author Joseph P. Soares
Publisher Arcadia Library Editions
Total Pages 130
Release 2008-04
Genre History
ISBN 9781531636944

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The Hurricane of 1938 was one of the most devastating storms to strike New England's Atlantic coast. It forever changed the landscapes of cities and towns in its path. Throughout the hurricane, the Coast Guard worked tirelessly to provide aid to countless displaced residents. Entire communities were leveled by the hurricane's powerful winds and waves. After the storm subsided and the destruction was evident, the enormous task of rebuilding began. The historic images in The 1938 Hurricane along New England's Coast document the hurricane's destruction and the ways in which victims who were uprooted by the storm united to rebuild their communities.

The Hurricane of 1938

The Hurricane of 1938
Title The Hurricane of 1938 PDF eBook
Author Aram Goudsouzian
Publisher Applewood Books
Total Pages 100
Release 2004
Genre Hurricanes
ISBN 1889833754

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A gripping description of New England's storm of the century.

The Great Hurricane, 1938

The Great Hurricane, 1938
Title The Great Hurricane, 1938 PDF eBook
Author Cherie Burns
Publisher Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Total Pages 251
Release 2007-12-01
Genre Nature
ISBN 1555846149

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“Before there was the Perfect Storm, there was the Great Hurricane of 1938. A riveting and wonderfully written account.” —Nathaniel Philbrick On the night of September 21, 1938, news on the radio was full of the invasion of Czechoslovakia. There was no mention of any severe weather. By the time oceanfront residents noticed an ominous color in the sky, it was too late to escape. In an age before warning systems and the ubiquity of television, this unprecedented storm caught the Northeast off guard, obliterated coastal communities on Long Island and in New England, and killed nearly seven hundred people. The Great Hurricane, 1938 is a spellbinding hour-by-hour reconstruction of one of the most destructive and powerful storms ever to hit the United States. With riveting detail, Burns weaves together countless personal stories of loved ones lost and lives changed forever—from those of the Moore family, washed to sea on a raft formerly their attic floor, to Katharine Hepburn, holed up in her Connecticut mansion, watching her car take to the air like a bit of paper. “A very good book.” —The Washington Post

A Hundred Summers

A Hundred Summers
Title A Hundred Summers PDF eBook
Author Beatriz Williams
Publisher Penguin
Total Pages 391
Release 2013-05-30
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1101596511

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As the 1938 hurricane approaches Rhode Island, another storm brews in this New York Times bestselling beach read from the author of Her Last Flight and The Golden Hour. Lily Dane has returned to Seaview, Rhode Island, where her family has summered for generations. It’s an escape not only from New York’s social scene but from a heartbreak that still haunts her. Here, among the seaside community that has embraced her since childhood, she finds comfort in the familiar rituals of summer. But this summer is different. Budgie and Nick Greenwald—Lily’s former best friend and former fiancé—have arrived, too, and Seaview’s elite are abuzz. Under Budgie’s glamorous influence, Lily is seduced into a complicated web of renewed friendship and dangerous longing. As a cataclysmic hurricane churns north through the Atlantic, and uneasy secrets slowly reveal themselves, Lily and Nick must confront an emotional storm that will change their worlds forever... READERS GUIDE INCLUDED