TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bixel,Patricia Bellis
AU  - Turner,Elizabeth Hayes
TI  - Galveston and the 1900 storm: catastrophe and catalyst 
SN  - 0292708831 (cl. : alk. paper)
AV  - F394.G2 B59 2000
U1  - 976.4/139 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Austin
PB  - University of Texas Press
KW  - Hurricanes
KW  - Texas
KW  - Galveston
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Floods
KW  - Galveston (Tex.)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-170) and index; Introduction: "A place of unique, sensual beauty" -- "A thousand little devils, shrieking and whistling" : September 8, 1900 -- "You brave people of Galveston" : from wreckage to recovery -- "Everything that mortal men can do" : protecting Galveston Island -- "To attain that superior success" : recovery and growth -- Conclusion: "I will never forget those days."
N2  - "The hurricane that pounded Galveston through the night of September 8, 1900, reduced a cosmopolitan and economically vibrant city to a wreckage-strewn wasteland where survivors struggled without shelter, power, potable water, or even the means to communicate their plight to the mainland." "As the centennial of the 1900 Storm prompts remembrance and reassessment, this account completes the story of America's deadliest natural disaster and places Galveston's experience within the broader context of the national Progressive movement, the history of technology and the environment, and women's history."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -