The great cyclone at St Louis and East St Louis May 27 1896 Julian Curzon Books
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The great cyclone at St Louis and East St Louis May 27 1896 Julian Curzon Books
I was born and raised in Missouri and I'm ashamed to say I'd never heard of this tornado before I ran across a reference to it, and this book, on another web site. I immediately ordered the book to find out more.It answered a lot of questions I'd always had. My GGGrandfather had come down from Canada and settled in St. Louis a few years before the events depicted in the book happened. He was a building contractor and somehow, I always wondered how, managed to amass a fair amount of wealth before moving on to bigger and better things in Colorado (where he worked on the Denver Mint) and later managed to own just about half of what is now downtown Tulsa, OK. Now I have an inkling how he managed to do so, but am saddened at the how.
As you can imagine for accounts written so long ago, the language is a bit awkward by today's standards, yet the book is still a good read. Filled with pathos and a great deal of detail. It tends to repeat itself a bit, but that
s not totally surprising since it's based on multiple newspaper accounts.
All in all a good read.
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The great cyclone at St Louis and East St Louis May 27 1896 Julian Curzon Books Reviews
In 1896 St louis was hit by a powerful tornado claiming 255 lives and millions in losses. While largely forgotten now, it was one of the great disasters of the 19th Century and put paid to the belief that tornadoes never hit cities. I have very little material on this storm and was pleased to see a book of over 400 pages available, written just after the catastrophe.
The most enjoyable and interesting parts here are descriptions of the strange storm events, like rooms destroyed with undisturbed dinner on the table. One can never get enough of such accounts. Curzon refers to the storm as a tornado, a cyclone and even a hurricane! Contemporaries were just not quite sure what they were dealing with. Unfortunately, most of the book is less good. Page after page describes damage to individual buildings, of little use to anyone unacquainted with 1890's St Louis. And while it is always interesting to read books from the distant past, there is nothing to make this one especially noteworthy or controversial. Still, it would have earned five stars if it had only had more on the tornado itself.
Bravo to the Southern Illinois University Press for reprinting this wonderful historical account of a horrific natural disaster. The pictures alone tell an incredible story of destruction. Interviews with people show the biases of the time, and it is written in melodramatic tones typical of the 1890s. It is hard to read this book without picturing yourself as being a part of the event then, or picturing such an event happening today. This event changed thousands of lives a century ago, but its significance has faded with passing years. It is a valuable reality check to have this account reprinted, so that we can be reminded that battling nature, overcoming devastation, and exercising a will to rebuild are common themes which reach back far beyond our world today.
Fascinating reprint of a extremely interesting famous disaster in Saint Louis Missouri.Great for weather buffs!
I was born and raised in Missouri and I'm ashamed to say I'd never heard of this tornado before I ran across a reference to it, and this book, on another web site. I immediately ordered the book to find out more.
It answered a lot of questions I'd always had. My GGGrandfather had come down from Canada and settled in St. Louis a few years before the events depicted in the book happened. He was a building contractor and somehow, I always wondered how, managed to amass a fair amount of wealth before moving on to bigger and better things in Colorado (where he worked on the Denver Mint) and later managed to own just about half of what is now downtown Tulsa, OK. Now I have an inkling how he managed to do so, but am saddened at the how.
As you can imagine for accounts written so long ago, the language is a bit awkward by today's standards, yet the book is still a good read. Filled with pathos and a great deal of detail. It tends to repeat itself a bit, but that
s not totally surprising since it's based on multiple newspaper accounts.
All in all a good read.
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