Storm of the century : the Labor Day hurricane of 1935 /

Storm of the century : the Labor Day hurricane of 1935 /

In 1934, hundreds of jobless World War I veterans were sent to the remote Florida Keys to build a highway from Miami to Key West. The Roosevelt Administration was making a genuine effort to help these down-and-out vets, many of whom suffered from what is known today as post-traumatic stress disorder...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Drye, Willie (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2019]
Edition:Revised edition.
Subjects:
Labor Day Hurricane, 1935.
Hurricanes > Florida > Florida Keys > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Veterans > Employment > United States.
Veterans > Florida > Florida Keys > History > 20th century.
Florida Keys (Fla.) > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : Sunday, September 1, 1935
  • A remote paradise
  • Forgotten men
  • A wind stirs in the Atlantic
  • It's blowing like hell down here
  • In the heft of the hurricane
  • A terrible sunrise
  • Just a catastrophe
  • An act of God
  • Regret to inform you
  • For the record
  • The illusion of remoteness
  • Time borrowed from the wind.