Island in a storm
2009
Sallenger, Asbury H.
Presents the story of the 1856 hurricane which decimated Isle Derniere, an island one hundred miles off the coast of New Orleans which served as a summer resort for the wealthy, and the tragic loss of life and environmental devastation which resulted from the disaster.
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Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pagination
284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Other Subjects
Isles dernieres (la.); Isles dernieres; Geschichte 19. jh; Terrebonne parish (la.); Terrebonne parish; 1800-1899; 19th century
Language
English
Format
print, unmediated, volume
Note
Abby Sallenger.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-272) and index.
ISBN
9781586485153, 1586485156
Sub Title
a rising sea, a vanishing coast, and a nineteenth-century disaster that warns of a warmer world
Type
Text; Bibliography; Book; Monograph; Monograph; Book; Local History.
2024-02-27
2025-07-19
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