A Weekend In September (Hardcover)

from countrylife

The Galveston hurricane of 1900 wreaks havoc before your eyes through the memories of its survivors. John Edward Weems interviewed many survivors of this deadly hurricane before he penned this work many years ago. His narrative covers individual stories interwoven during the time-line of the appr...

from Pamici

It has been some time since I have felt compelled to read a book straight through to the end, and then to require some time to reflect and recover. Such a gripping story so well told. Somehow it made me miss my hometown of Houston in spite of the horror of the experience of the 1900 storm. We alw...

from kkirkhoff

The weekend was September 9, 1900. The place was Galveston Texas. The event was a category five hurricane that made a direct hit on Galveston, took over six thousand lives, and wrecked what was the most populated and prosperous city in Texas. Written in 1957, the author interviews several survivo...

from kkirkhoff

The weekend was September 9, 1900. The place was Galveston Texas. The event was a category five hurricane that made a direct hit on Galveston, took over six thousand lives, and wrecked what was the most populated and prosperous city in Texas. Written in 1957, the author interviews several survivo...