The Day the World Ended : Mont Pelee Earthquake, 1902.
Title:
The Day the World Ended : Mont Pelee Earthquake, 1902.
Author:
Thomas, Gordon.
ISBN:
9781497658806
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (381 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Author's Note -- Prologue -- Friday - MAY 2, 1902 -- Chapter One - The First Victim -- Chapter Two - The Anxious Bridegroom -- Chapter Three - A Cell with a View -- Saturday - MAY 3, 1902 -- Chapter Four - Tumbled from Bed -- Chapter Five - Lava in the Throat -- Chapter Six - The Whole World in Flood -- Sunday - MAY 4, 1902 -- Chapter Seven - Special Powers -- Chapter Eight - A Black Mass -- Chapter Nine - The Prison Riot -- Chapter Ten - Released to the Living -- Monday - MAY 5, 1902 -- Chapter Eleven - The Pavement Slaughterhouse 133 -- Chapter Twelve - A Mountain on the March 145 -- Chapter Thirteen - The Great Wave -- Chapter Fourteen - A Shortage of Coffins -- Tuesday - MAY 6, 1902 -- Chapter Fifteen - The Sympathy of the Government -- Chapter Sixteen - A Handful of Francs -- Chapter Seventeen - The Deepening Crisis -- Chapter Eighteen - A Fateful Reprieve -- Chapter Nineteen - Stars and Stripes -- Wednesday - MAY 7, 1902 -- Chapter Twenty - Gabriel's Angel -- Chapter Twenty-One - The End of the Affair -- Thursday - MAY 8, 1902 -- Chapter Twenty-Two - "Allez" -- Chapter Twenty-Three - Requiem for the Living -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Copyright.
Abstract:
The spectacular story of the greatest natural disaster ever to strike the Western Hemisphere: the 1902 volcano that destroyed St Pierre on the island of Martinique. This book reveals the story of a city engulfed in flames and plunged into terrifying darkness.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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