The Cedar Keys hurricane of 1896 : disaster at dawn /
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Author / Creator: | Oickle, Alvin F. |
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Imprint: | Charleston, SC : History Press, 2009. |
Description: | 126 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7783603 |
Summary: | Families watched in horror as walls of water swept away homes and businesses, and men held onto saplings for their lives while the winds howled. The destruction was beyond belief. Buildings on Atsena Otie were swept away so completely that only cracked stone foundations remained, and the forests of red cedar that gave the islands their name and livelihood were flattened. Resulting in dozens of deaths and millions of dollars in damage, Hurricane Number 4 in 1896 changed the Cedar Keys forever and set the city on a path to the present. Historian Alvin F. Oickle, drawing on firsthand accounts and extensive archival research, tells the story of ordinary Floridians who were faced, like so many before and so many since, with nature's fury. |
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Physical Description: | 126 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-126). |
ISBN: | 9781596296121 1596296127 |