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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PROLOGUE | 1 |
FRIDAY MAY 2 1902 | 2 |
The First Victim | 5 |
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Albert Decrais Amedee Knight anchor Andreus Hurard appeared Ascension Day ash falls Auguste Ciparis balcony cable Captain Thirion carried Cathedral of Saint cell centipedes Church cloud Colette Colonies crater Cure 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 Guerin hundred island James Japp Jaunville later lava Leon looked Louis Mouttet Martinique mass Mayor Fouche miles Montferrier Morne Rouge Mount Pelee mountain mulatto quarter night Orsolina panic party Pelee's Place Berlin political Pompeii Pouyer-Quertier Precheur priest prison Professor Landes Progressive Party pumice Radical Rene Cottrell roadstead roaring rock Roraima Roxelane River Rue Victor Hugo Saint Pierre Saint-Cyr Sequin ship side situation smoke sound started stood streets Sunday Suzette Laveniere Thomas Prentiss threat town turned 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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