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Title: The Windows of Heaven: A Novel of Galveston's Great Storm of 1900 by Ron Rozelle ISBN: 1-881515-27-3 Publisher: Sam Houston State Univ Pub. Date: August, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Outstanding Reading
Comment: Ron Rozelle did a wonderful job writing this book. It is a well written piece of history. This storm event was the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. Mr. Rozelle paid tribute to the people that died during and in the days following this storm. He also paid tribute to the survivors. There were a lot of sub plots happening during the time, an Mr. Rozelle did a good job incorporating them in just the right place. This book is well worth reading. I highly recommend it.
Rating: 5
Summary: And you thought the Titanic had it bad.....
Comment: The events that transpired in September, 1900 have been too long forgotten in the annals of American natural disasters. Ron Rozelle has painted a picture that very accurately describes the horror and heroism that occurred when one of the most intense hurricanes virtually destroyed Galveston and claimed upwards of 10,000 lives. I discovered this book after reading the recent release Isaac's Storm, a non-fiction telling of the storm and also highly recommended. Ron Rozelle has fleshed out the story without damaging the historical accuracy and brings to us a harrowing story of the people who watched their town literally dissapear beneath the waves. Very highy recommended!
Rating: 5
Summary: A skillful weaving of fact and fiction
Comment: Ron Rozelle's second book is a well-done blend of fact and fiction. He uses many actual people and events from the Storm of 1900, the worst natural disaster in the history of the US. He writes sketches of the lives of several characters in a flash-back format and then switches to the current time, describing the coming of the storm and the blase manner in which the people approached it. Weather forecasting was in its infancy, and no one on Galveston Island realized the full impact of the pending storm. Residents had ridden out many a storm and didn't look at this potent killer in any different way from the storms which had come before. Galveston's lack of preparation and failure to build a seawall resulted in terrible destruction of life and property. Rozelle uses these elements to create a story in which the reader learns to care about the characters and then watches the courage with which they faced this catastrophe. This is a very moving book and I recommend it to anyone who is interested in this subject.
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Title: Isaac's Storm : A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson ISBN: 0375708278 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 11 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: A Weekend in September by John Edward Weems ISBN: 0890963908 Publisher: Texas A&M University Press Pub. Date: December, 1989 List Price(USD): $12.47 |
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Title: The Great Galveston Disaster: Containing a Full and Thrilling Account of the Most Appalling Calamity of Modern Times by Paul Lester ISBN: 1565547845 Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Galveston: A History of the Island by Gary Carwright, Gary Cartwright ISBN: 0875651909 Publisher: Texas Christian Univ Pr Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.35 |
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Title: Story of the 1900 Galveston Hurricane by Nathan C. Green ISBN: 1565547675 Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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