Front cover image for The last days of St. Pierre : the volcanic disaster that claimed thirty thousand lives

The last days of St. Pierre : the volcanic disaster that claimed thirty thousand lives

Describes the eruption of Mount Pelee in 1902, contrasting life on the island of Martinique before and after the disaster
Print Book, English, ©2002
Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, N.J., ©2002
History
x, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780813530413, 0813530415
46812045
Ashes from the sky
Islands in the sun
Public servant
Tarnished silver
An ominous weekend
Lahar
Kettle of frogs
La Sourgrière
Final edition
Whrilwind of fire
Death in the bay
Close encounters
Front pages
After the end
Other side of the mountain
Cauldrons of hell
Mouth of the dragon
Lessons unlearned