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Black cloud : the great Florida hurricane of 1928Entry/Object ID
Library.1228Description
ix, 345 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Black cloud : the great Florida hurricane of 1928 by Eliot Kleinberg.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-269) and index.
The deadly hurricane of 1928 claimed 2,500 lives, and the long-forgotten story of the casualties, as told in Black Cloud, continutes to stir passion. Among the dead were 700 black Floridians - men, women, and children who were buried in an unmarked West Palm Beach ditch during a racist recovery and rebuilding ...
Includes Alexander J. Mitchell's reports as head of U.S. Weather Bureau Jacksonville and the actions of John Wellborn Martin, Governor of Florida and former mayor of Jacksonville.Collection
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Hurricanes -- Florida -- History -- 20th century., Florida -- History., Martin, John Wellborn, 1884-1958., Mitchell, Alexander J.Publication Details
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Kleinberg, EliotPublisher
Florida Historical Society PressPlace Published
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Cocoa, FLCall No.
QC 945 .K57 2016LCCN
2003536646