Cargando…
America's Deadliest Twister : The Tri-State Tornado of 1925
Disaster relief as we know it did not exist when the deadliest tornado in U.S. history gouged a path from southeast Missouri through southern Illinois and into southwestern Indiana. The tri-state tornado of 1925 hugged the ground for 219 miles, generated wind speeds in excess of 300 miles per hour,...
| Autor principal: | |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
2014.
|
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000cam a22000004a 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | musev2_33763 | ||
| 003 | MdBmJHUP | ||
| 005 | 20230905043545.0 | ||
| 006 | m o d | ||
| 007 | cr||||||||nn|n | ||
| 008 | 140726s2014 ilu o 00 0 eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9780809333479 | ||
| 020 | |z 9780809333462 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)884646704 | ||
| 040 | |a MdBmJHUP |c MdBmJHUP | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Partlow, Geoff. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a America's Deadliest Twister : |b The Tri-State Tornado of 1925 |
| 264 | 1 | |a Carbondale : |b Southern Illinois University Press, |c 2014. | |
| 264 | 3 | |a Baltimore, Md. : |b Project MUSE, |c 2014 | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2014. | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (160 pages). | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Genesis, 1 p.m.: Annapolis, Missouri, to Gorham, Illinois; Track map of the Tri-State Tornado; 2. Murphysboro, Illinois; 3. DeSoto, Illinois; 4. West Frankfort, Illinois; 5. Parrish and Crossville, Illinois; Griffin, Owensville, and Princeton, Indiana; Dissipation; 6. Aftermath; Appendix: Rosters of the Dead by Town; GORHAM, ILLINOIS; MURPHYSBORO, ILLINOIS; DESOTO; HERRIN HOSPITAL; SCHROEDER'S FUNERAL HOME, DUQUOIN; WEINBERG'S FUNERAL HOME, DUQUOIN; WEST FRANKFORT; PARRISH, ILLINOIS, AND VICINITY. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a HAMILTON COUNTY, ILLINOISMACEDONIA; MCLEANSBORO AREA; THOMPSONVILLE; WHITE COUNTY, ILLINOIS; CROSSVILLE, ILLINOIS, AND VICINITY; GRIFFIN, INDIANA; OWENSVILLE, INDIANA; PRINCETON, INDIANA; ELIZABETH, INDIANA; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Author Biography; A Shawnee Book: Also available in this series . . .; Back Cover. | |
| 520 | |a Disaster relief as we know it did not exist when the deadliest tornado in U.S. history gouged a path from southeast Missouri through southern Illinois and into southwestern Indiana. The tri-state tornado of 1925 hugged the ground for 219 miles, generated wind speeds in excess of 300 miles per hour, and killed 695 people. Drawing on survivor interviews, public records, and newspaper archives, America's Deadliest Twister offers a detailed account of the storm, but more important, it describes life in the region at that time as well as the tornado's lasting cultural impact, especia. | ||
| 546 | |a English. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Tornadoes. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01152763 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a SCIENCE |x Earth Sciences |x Geology. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a SCIENCE |x Earth Sciences |x Geography. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Tornades |z Indiana |x Histoire |y 20e siecle. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Tornades |z Illinois |x Histoire |y 20e siecle. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Tornades |z Missouri |x Histoire |y 20e siecle. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Tornadoes |z Indiana |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Tornadoes |z Illinois |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Tornadoes |z Missouri |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 651 | 7 | |a Missouri. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01204724 | |
| 651 | 7 | |a Indiana. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01204604 | |
| 651 | 7 | |a Illinois. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01205143 | |
| 655 | 7 | |a History. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Electronic books. |2 local | |
| 710 | 2 | |a Project Muse. |e distributor | |
| 830 | 0 | |a Book collections on Project MUSE. | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |z Texto completo |u https://projectmuse.uam.elogim.com/book/33763/ |
| 945 | |a Project MUSE - Custom Collection | ||
| 945 | |a Project MUSE - 2014 US Regional Studies, Midwest | ||
| 945 | |a Project MUSE - 2014 Complete | ||