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Upheaval in Charleston : earthquake and murder on the eve of Jim Crow
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Upheaval in Charleston : earthquake and murder on the eve of Jim Crow / Susan Millar Williams, Stephen G. Hoffius.
ISBN
9780820337159 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0820337153 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2011.
Physical Description
xiv, 340 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 03, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface : living with disaster
The great shock
Seeds of destruction
"The earthquake is upon us!"
A world turned upside down
The earthquake hunters
Aftershocks
An angry God
Labor Day
"Bury the dead and feed the living"
The comforts of science
Relief
Waiting for the apocalypse
Rising from the ruins
The old joy of combat
Wrapped in the stars and stripes
Fault lines
Standing over a volcano
Killing Captain Dawson
The trial
Epilogue : rebuilding the walls.
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