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Non-Fiction

leftyladyfrommo

(19,686 posts) Thu Jul 18, 2013, 05:28 PM Jul 2013

Need help from history buffs. [View all]

Does anybody know of some good books about the 1900 hurricane that wiped out Galveston? I've ordered up a couple of books from the library but I thought there might be someone on the boards who is also interested in this topic.

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Need help from history buffs. [View all] leftyladyfrommo Jul 2013 OP

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson? Neoma Jul 2013 #1

I second that. Great book. Lex Jul 2013 #2

I third that book. SheilaT Jul 2013 #5

Thanks for the tip of "The Children's Blizzard" Lex Jul 2013 #6

Maybe the Weather Channel has a tape you can buy fadedrose Jul 2013 #3

Thanks! leftyladyfrommo Jul 2013 #4