This is the first full-length book that details the tragic hurricane of 1935, one of the greatest disasters of our time, and places it in historical context. Interviews with survivors, including workers, local business owners, and government officials, and previously unavailable documents from the investigation contribute to the historical relevance of this account and present the disaster from multiple points of view. At the height of the Great Depression, disaster struck: a hurricane with 200 mile-per-hour winds and a storm surge of more than 20 feet--the "storm of the century"--according to weather officials. In two days the storm killed more than 400 people, devastating a community of workers and raising a storm of controversy in its wake.
