The Day the World EndedTwo British journalists describe the explosion of Mount Pelée on the island of Martinique May 8, 1902, which resulted in the death of nearly 30,000 people. The authors made use of contemporary records and survivors recollections to show how the natural signs of coming disasters were ignored because of the need to keep the populace on hand for a coming election. |
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Comentariu Utilizator - BruceCoulson - LibraryThingThe Day the World Ended is the compelling story of the most lethal volcanic eruptions of the 20th Century. St Pierre on the French island of Martinique was, at 30,000 people, the largest city on the ... Citiți recenzia completă
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Comentariu Utilizator - mahallett - LibraryThingquite boring, a little racist. illustrations good, colourful but very small. Citiți recenzia completă
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Albert Decrais Amédee Knight anchor Andréus Hurard appeared Ascension Day ash falls Auguste Ciparis cable Captain Thirion carried Cathedral of Saint centipedes Church Clara Prentiss cloud Colette Colonies crater Curé Mary dead deck Dominica Edouard L'Heurre eruption evacuate factory Father Alte Roche Father Roche fear feet Fernand Clerc fire Fort-de-France Gabriel Parel Governor Guérin hundred island James Japp Jaunville Lafcadio Hearn later lava Le Prêcheur Léon looked Louis Mouttet Martinique mass Mayor Fouché miles Montferrier Morne Rouge Mount Pelée mulatto quarter night Orsolina panic party Pelée's Place Bertin political Pouyer-Quertier Prêcheur priest prison Professor Landes Progressive Party Radical René Cottrell roadstead roaring Roraima Roxelane River Rue Victor Hugo Saint Pierre Saint-Cyr Sequin ship side situation smoke Soufrière sound started stood streets Sunday Suzette Lavenière Thomas Prentiss threat town Vicar-General Victor Hugo village volcano voodoo watched water front wave wife yard
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| Titlu | The Day the World Ended |
| Autori | Gordon Thomas, Max Morgan Witts |
| Editor | Stein and Day, 1969 |
| Exemplar original de la | Universitatea din Texas |
| Scanată la | 5 feb. 2008 |
| Lungime | 306 pagini |
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