Judith A Howard, Ernest Zebrowski

Broschiertes Buch

Category 5

The Story of Camille, Lessons Unlearned from America's Most Violent Hurricane

Beschreibung

Late in the day of August 17, 1969, Hurricane Camille slammed into the Mississippi coast near Biloxi with a force of near-biblical proportions. This is the story of Camille, the violent hurricane, and of the lessons that remain to be learned about human failing in the face of nature's fury.

Autor

Ernest Zebrowski is founder of the doctoral program in science and math education at Southern University, a historically black university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Professor of Physics at Pennsylvania State University's Pennsylvania College of Technology. His previous books include Perils of a Restless Planet: Scientific Perspectives on Natural Disasters. Judith Howard earned her Ph.D. in social work from UCLA, and writes a regular political column for the Ruston, Louisiana, Morning Paper.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Michigan Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 155mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780472032402
• ISBN-10: 0472032402
• Artikelnr.: 22513865