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Lunatic windFox, William

Lunatic wind

197 pagesFirst published 19921 edition
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In late September of 1989, South Carolina was a sleepy southern state drowsing complacently in the late summer heat. No one was ready for what would happen the night of September 21, when the most destructive hurricane of the twentieth century slammed ashore, packing winds of over 135 mph, pushing a 20-foot tidal surge, and leaving behind it a trail of death and devastation hundreds of miles wide. In Lunatic Wind, author William Price Fox brings to vivid life the terrifying night of Hurricane Hugo. Mixing factual reporting with the expert storytelling of a novelist, Fox's unique docudrama…

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill19921979780945575429
Hurricane Hugo, 1989Disasters