Horrors of History: City of the Dead: Galveston Hurricane, 1900 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781580895149)

The year was 1900--a time before cars, evacuation routes, and up-to-the-minute weather reports. It was the day the deadliest storm in US history hammered Galveston, Texas. It was the day an entire island city was nearly wiped from existence.

At the onset of the hurricane, Albert Campbell and the other boys at the orphanage kicked and splashed in the emerging puddles. Daisy Thorne read letters from her fiancé, and Sam Young wondered if his telegram had reached the mainland, warning his family of the weather.

Just a few hours later, torrential rains and crushing tidal waves had flooded the metropolis. Winds upwards of one hundred miles per hour swept entire houses and trees down the streets. Debris slashed through the air; bodies whirled amid the rushing waters. Albert, Daisy, and Sam weren't safe. No one was.

Based on an historic natural disaster, CITY OF THE DEAD weaves together a shocking story where some miraculously survive . . . and many others are tragically lost.

CITY OF THE DEAD is the first book in the Horrors of History series. The series commemorates horrific, life-changing events in our nation's past. Each novel makes history accessible with a combination of thorough research, descriptions of a specific time period, narrative accounts of actual historical persons, and fictionalized characters.

Author: T. Neill Anderson
ISBN-10: 158089514X
ISBN-13: 9781580895149
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2013
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 159281 / Horrors of History: City of the Dead


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2013
School Library Journal 08/01/2013 pg. 94
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 pg. 67 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw