{"product_id":"the-great-cyclone-at-st-julian-curzon-9780809321247","title":"The Great Cyclone at St Louis and East St. Louis, May 27, 1896","description":"Shortly after 5:00 P.M. On Wednesday, May 27, 1896, a Herculean tornado shattered the St. Louis Area. Within twenty minutes, 137 people had perished in St. Louis, with 118 dead across the river in East St. Louis. Along a ten-mile swath of devastation, the tornado destroyed 311 buildings, heavily damaged 7,200 others and caused significant harm to 1,300 more. Even today, that powerful cyclone of a century ago \"remains the single deadliest incident to befall the St. Louis area,\" according to Tim O'Neil of the \u003ci\u003eSt.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLouis Post-Dispatch, \u003c\/i\u003ewho wrote the foreword for this historic reprint of a book originally published by the Cyclone Publishing Company.\u003cp\u003eHeavily illustrated by photographs of the damage, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Cyclone \u003c\/i\u003ewas compiled from stories in the city's daily newspapers--the \u003ci\u003eGlobe-Democrat, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003ePost-Dispatch, \u003c\/i\u003eand, most notably, the old \u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Republic. \u003c\/i\u003eO'Neil points out that \"the book's compilers are not identified, but their glowing praise of the 'superb descriptive composition' in the \u003ci\u003eRepublic \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a good guess about where most of them worked.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julian Curzon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0809321246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809321247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Southern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.56h x 5.33w x 1.14d","brand":"Julian Curzon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926322381055,"sku":"9780809321247","price":21.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3bd1dbfc-a4fd-4c8f-b50a-4abc9a0146a4.jpg?v=1681082427","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-great-cyclone-at-st-julian-curzon-9780809321247","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}