La Catastrophe: The Eruption of Mount Pelee, the Worst Volcanic Disaster of the 20th Century

Title: La Catastrophe: The Eruption of Mount Pelee, the Worst Volcanic Disaster of the 20th Century
Author: Alwyn Scarth
ISBN: 9780195218398
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: 1
Number of Pages: 256
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
C: 1697747
Section: History | Caribbean & West Indies | General
Publisher Description: On May 8, 1902, on the Caribbean island of Martinique, the volcano Mount Pelee loosed the most terrifying and lethal eruption of the twentieth century. In minutes, it killed 27,000 people and leveled the city of Saint-Pierre. In La Catastrophe, Alwyn Scarth provides a gripping day-by-day and hour-by-hour account of this devastating eruption, based primarily on chilling eyewitness accounts.