Description: This is a used hardback book with dust jacket in GOOD SOLID CONDITION—from a smoke-free environment. The photo you see is of the actual item you will receive. Please feel free to ask any questions you have about this listing. A WEEKEND IN SEPTEMBER – by John Edward Weems. Illustrated with Photographs. Texas A&M University Press - ©1957, 1980 – ISBN 0-89096-097-6 – 180 pages – the book measures approximately 5 ¾ x 8 ¾. The hurricane that swept Galveston Island early in September 1900, occupies a unique place in the reckoning of events of the Texas Gulf coast. Nearly a century after its passing, the storm remains the standard against which the ferocity and destructiveness of all others are measured. Two thirds of Galveston's buildings were washed away at a cost that was never fully calculated. More than 6,000 people were killed. And in the collective memory of a region where depredations by wind and water are accepted as part of life, the weekend of September 8, 1900, is the ultimate example of the terror and violence a hurricane can bring. John Edward Weems's account of the Galveston hurricane was written more than six decades ago, when many of the survivors were still living and available for interviews. This book is based on numerous conversations and correspondence with these survivors as well as a careful examination of contemporary documents and news reports. In direct, economical prose Weems recreates that fateful weekend as experienced by those who actually were there. The result is a narrative that develops a pace and force as irresistible as the hurricane that inspired it, and a work that is a model of historical reportage. The book is in good condition; normal reading wear; binding tight; pages unmarked--no writing, no underlining, no highlighting; corners bumped; top and bottom of spine bumped; normal shelf wear. The dust jacket is intact; price-clipped; jacket edges rubbed/chipped/tiny tears; normal shelf wear. Good solid copy. G&M stock #2fe(burnlib24)
Price: 17.55 USD
Location: Round Rock, Texas
End Time: 2024-08-27T18:00:03.000Z
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