Death from the SeaDial Press, 1972 - 260 стор. A description, based on survivors' accounts and official records, of the hurricane and flood that devestated the island city of Galveston in September, 1900. |
Зміст
THE KILLER BORN | 3 |
FAIR ISLE | 16 |
WEATHERMAN | 59 |
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