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Sudden Sea : The Great Hurricane of 1938 by R. A. Scotti (2003, Hardcover)
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Sudden Sea : The Great Hurricane of 1938 by R. A. Scotti (2003, Hardcover)

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    A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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    “Book has slight wear on book sleeve, no markings inside pages”
    ISBN
    9780316739115

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    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    Little Brown & Company
    ISBN-10
    0316739111
    ISBN-13
    9780316739115
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    154367529

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    Sudden Sea : the Great Hurricane of 1938
    Number of Pages
    288 Pages
    Language
    English
    Publication Year
    2003
    Topic
    Natural Disasters, General, United States / General
    Illustrator
    Yes
    Genre
    Nature, History
    Author
    R. A. Scotti
    Format
    Hardcover

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    1.1 in
    Item Weight
    18.4 Oz
    Item Length
    9.5 in
    Item Width
    6.2 in

    Additional Product Features

    Intended Audience
    Trade
    LCCN
    2003-046093
    Synopsis
    On September 21, 1938, the fastest hurricane on record caught the Northeast by surprise and left a wake of death and destruction across seven states. Traveling at record speeds, the storm raced up the Atlantic coast, reaching New York and New England ahead of hurricane warnings and striking with such intensity that seismographs in Alaska registered the impact. Winds clocked at 186 miles per hour stripped cars of their paint. Walls of water fifty feet high swept homes and entire families out to sea. Drawing upon newspaper accounts, personal testimony of survivors, and archival sources, Sudden Sea recounts that day in terrifying detail. The Moore family climbed up to the attic of their oceanfront home as the waters rose, only to find themselves launched on a roiling ocean. Joseph Matoes watched as the bus carrying his children home from school stalled on the causeway just as the ocean surged into the bay. Three friends, separated in the fury of the storm, found themselves reunited on a beach a state away. These and other tales of heroism, terror, and survival form the heart of this incredible account. At the same time, R. A. Scotti uncovers the unlikely alignment of meteorological conditions that conspired to bring about the unthinkable: a tropical cyclone on the Northeast coast. The Great Hurricane of 1938 scarred a landscape and a generation. R. A. Scotti has written an extraordinary account of an ocean rising up to wreak total destruction on a way of life the world would never see again. Book jacket.
    LC Classification Number
    QC945.S475 2003

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      • by winniebroberts
        Sep 19, 2019

        An Amazing Account of a Fierce Hurricane.

        This is one amazing book. It details the hurricane's beginnings and what the art of weather forecasting was like in those long-ago days. Years ago I had watched the now unattainable PBS program about that hurricane. It was amazing and had interviews with some of the people who went through it that were still alive. I wish I had bought it when it was available. But the writer of this book has done a great job with all kinds of information gathered from some of the survivors. She has included a number of black and white photos of some of the people and the devastation in her book. It interested me because my mother worked for a wealthy family that summered on Fire Island and was there that same week in September of 1938. For whatever reason, the family decided to return to their home in New ...

        Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: betterworldbookswest

      • by clapper7
        Jun 06, 2025

        This book has words in it. Makes it easy...

        This book has words in it. Makes it easy to read.

        Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: second.sale

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