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The Great Storm
Lisa Waller Rogers
其他書名
The Hurricane Diary of J.T. King, Galveston, Texas, 1900
出版Texas Tech University Press, 2002
主題History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / GeneralJuvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / 20th CenturyJuvenile Fiction / Science & Nature / WeatherJuvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / GeneralJuvenile Fiction / Social Themes / GeneralJuvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Dating & Relationships
ISBN08967247869780896724785
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Ijnf4d6hKfQC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋More than a century later, the Galveston hurricane of 1900 is still the largest natural disaster in American history. Pounding most of the historic island city to rubble, and claiming perhaps as many as eight thousand lives, the storm stranded Galveston’s stunned survivors without a bridge to the mainland. When the bridge was rebuilt, amazingly in eleven days, only the most stalwart—like fictive young diarist J. T. King—would choose to stay. Before the storm, J. T. is a normal, active teenager, swimming, riding his bike, and getting into scrapes with his best friend, Ippy. Though J. T. sleeps on a rickety cot in the pantry of his grandmother’s boardinghouse, life at the corner of Q1/2 and 25th Streets is as secure as the sturdy old house itself. But when the hurricane hits, brave and compassionate J. T. is poised to weather and record for all time the greatest storm any American has ever survived. Extensive primary-source research forms the backbone of J. T.’s thrilling authentic and richly detailed diary. The historical appendix, complete with photos and map, is invaluable to young readers and teachers alike.