Julian Curzon, GREAT CYCLONE AT ST LOUIS & EAST ST. LOUIS, MAY 27, 1896, PB 1997

Description: Julian Curzon, GREAT CYCLONE AT ST LOUIS & EAST ST. LOUIS, MAY 27, 1896, PB 1997 Softcover book in very good, very clean condition. Very clean text. See photos for the Table of Contents. $5.75 domestic shipping. International shipping at cost. Please email with any questions. This fascinating book by Julian Curzon details the Great Cyclone that struck St. Louis and East St. Louis on May 27, 1896. Published by Southern Illinois University Press as part of the Shawnee Classics Ser., this nonfiction narrative offers a comprehensive account of the weather disaster and its aftermath. With 432 pages, this trade paperback explores the topics of weather, natural disasters, and earth sciences, specifically meteorology and climatology. The book is illustrated, and its original English language is supplemented by a glossary for easy understanding. This valuable addition to any library is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of weather and the Midwest region of the United States. The 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado (great cyclone) was a historic tornado that caused severe damage to downtown St. Louis, Missouri, East St. Louis, Illinois, and surrounding areas on Wednesday, May 27, 1896, at around 5:00 pm. One of the deadliest and most destructive tornadoes in U.S. history, this tornado was the most notable of a major tornado outbreak across the central United States which produced several other large, long-track, violent tornadoes and continued across the eastern United States the following day.[1][2] The St. Louis tornado killed at least 255 people, injured over a thousand others, and caused more than $10 million in damage (equivalent to $366 million in 2023[3]) in about 20 minutes. More than 5,000 people were left homeless and lost all of their possessions. The hardest-hit areas of the city were the fashionable Lafayette Square and Compton Heights neighborhoods, as well as the poorer Mill Creek Valley. It remains the third-deadliest tornado in United States history.[4] Shortly after 5:00 P.M. On Wednesday, May 27, 1896, a Herculean tornado shattered the St. Louis Area. Within twenty minutes, 137 people had perished in St. Louis, with 118 dead across the river in East St. Louis. Along a ten-mile swath of devastation, the tornado destroyed 311 buildings, heavily damaged 7,200 others and caused significant harm to 1,300 more. Even today, that powerful cyclone of a century ago "remains the single deadliest incident to befall the St. Louis area," according to Tim O Neil of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, who wrote the foreword for this historic reprint of a book originally published by the Cyclone Publishing Company. Heavily illustrated by photographs of the damage, The Great Cyclone was compiled from stories in the city s daily newspapers the Globe-Democrat, the Post-Dispatch, and, most notably, the old St. Louis Republic. O Neil points out that "the book s compilers are not identified, but their glowing praise of the superb descriptive composition in the Republic provides a good guess about where most of them worked."

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