On the night of September 20, 1938, the news on the radio was full of Hitler's pending invasion of Czechoslovakia. In a matter of hours, however, a hurricane of unprecedented force would tear through one of the wealthiest and most populated stretches of coastline in America, obliterating communities from Long Island to Providence, destroying entire fishing fleets from Montauk to Narragansett Bay, and leaving seven hundred people dead.
Using newspaper reports, survivor testimony, and archival sources, Cherie Burns reconstructs this harrowing day and the amazing tales of heroism, survival, and loss that occurred. Those who survived still remember the Great Hurricane as the most terrifying moment of their lives. Burns's masterful storytelling follows the storm's monstrous path and preserves for posterity the way the Great Hurricane changed New England forever.
The fascination as you listen to a historical account comes not from dry details, but from the human angle, the emotions and actions of real people. Both author Cherie Burns and narrator Anna Fields subscribe to this principle as they describe the fallout from the Great Hurricane that left a trail of destruction and death from Long Island, New York, to Providence, Rhode Island. Burns tells about the loss of loved ones, but the focus is on the challenges people faced as they fled to safety. While giving the story the respect due a historical volume, Fields captures the sense of urgency and loss that those in the hurricane's path must have felt. J.A.S. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
About the Author
Cherie Burns is a writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, People, Glamour, US, New York, and other publications. This is her second book.
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