La catastrophe : the eruption of Mount Pelee, the worst volcanic eruption of the twentieth century /

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Author / Creator:	Scarth, Alwyn.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 246 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Volcanoes -- Martinique. Volcanoes. Pelée, Mount (Martinique) -- Eruption, 1902. Saint-Pierre (Martinique) -- History -- 20th century. Martinique. Martinique -- Mount Pelée. Martinique -- Saint-Pierre. Electronic book. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11218472

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ISBN:	9780195345841 0195345843 1429403586 9781429403580 1280534729 9781280534720 9780195218398 0195218396 0190293578 9780190293574 9786610534722 6610534721
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-235) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	On May 8, 1902, on the Caribbean island of Martinique, the volcano Mount Pelee loosed the most terrifying and lethal eruption of the twentieth century. In minutes, it killed 27,000 people and leveled the city of Saint-Pierre. In La Catastrophe, Alwyn Scarth provides a gripping day-by-day andhour-by-hour account of this devastating eruption, based primarily on chilling eyewitness accounts. Scarth recounts how, for many days before the great eruption, a series of smaller eruptions spewed dust and ash. Then came the eruption. A blinding flash lit up the sky. A tremendous cannonade roared out.
Other form:	Print version: Scarth, Alwyn. Catastrophe. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002

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