The Cedar Keys Hurricane of 1896: Disaster at Dawn

The Cedar Keys Hurricane of 1896: Disaster at Dawn
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 140
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ISBN-10 : 9781614234852
ISBN-13 : 161423485X
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Download or read book The Cedar Keys Hurricane of 1896: Disaster at Dawn written by Alvin F. Oickle and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-30 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Families watched in horror as walls of water swept away homes and businesses, and men held onto saplings for their lives while the winds howled. The destruction was beyond belief. Buildings on Atsena Otie were swept away so completely that only cracked stone foundations remained, and the forests of red cedar that gave the islands their name and livelihood were flattened. Resulting in dozens of deaths and millions of dollars in damage, Hurricane Number 4 in 1896 changed the Cedar Keys forever and set the city on a path to the present. Historian Alvin F. Oickle, drawing on firsthand accounts and extensive archival research, tells the story of ordinary Floridians who were faced, like so many before and so many since, with nature's fury.


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