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La Catastrophe : the Eruption of Mount Pelee, the Worst Volcanic Eruption of the Twentieth Century.
On May 8, 1902, on the Caribbean island of Martinique, the volcano Mount Pelee loosed the most terrifying and lethal eruption of the twentieth century. In minutes, it killed 27,000 people and leveled the city of Saint-Pierre. In La Catastrophe, Alwyn Scarth provides a gripping day-by-day andhour-by-...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Prelude; 3 The eruption begins; 4 An election and other activities; 5 Safety in Saint-Pierre; 6 The first victims of the eruption; 7 A message from the mayor; 8 "What better place to be . . ."; 9 Ascension Day dawns; 10 The nuée ardente; 11 Escape; 12 The Bay of Saint-Pierre; 13 Ruins; 14 Realization; 15 Rescue; 16 Louis-Auguste Sylbaris; 17 The second great eruption; 18 Aftermath; 19 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.