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In the Shadow of Death
Martinique and The World's Great Disasters
A Comprehensive Account of the Terrible Calamity that Befell The Isles of the Caribbean Sea, Stricken by Volcanic Fires
Described and Penned by the Survivors and Those Who Hastened To Their Relief
A Vivid Portrayal of the Great Catastrophes of History, in Which the Irresistible Forces of Nature Have Destroyed Thousands of Lives, by Volcanic Eruption, Earthquake Shock, Tidal Wave and Flood From Pompeii to Martinique
With a Full and Picturesque Description of the Islands of the Antilles, Our Suffering Neighbors in the West Indies
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| AUTHOR |
By Trumbull White
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Published by The Publishers' Association, copyright 1902 |
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SIZE and ATTRIBUTES
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Hardcover book measuring 7" x 9-1/4", 432 pages.
"Profusely illustrated with photographic scenes of the great disasters and views of the devastated islands and their people."
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CONDITION
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Good. Unmarked pages. Front hinge just beginning to crack, and back hinge is cracked. Some light soiling to exterior. Toned pages.
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COMMENTS
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SCARCE ANTIQUE DISASTER BOOK
The volcanic disaster which overwhelmed Martinique and St. Vincent destroyed 50,000 lives in an instant.
A large part of this book covers that event.
Other topics / events include:
- Mount Aetna and the Sicilian volcanoes
- Lisbon earthquake
- Turkey, Persia and India
- Japan and its disastrous earthquakes and volcanoes
- Krakatoa
- Hawaiian and Alaskan volcanoes
- South American cities destroyed
- Central America and Mexico
- Charleston, Galveston, Johnstown American disasters
- Buccaneers and pirates of the West Indies
- Nature's strange forms in the Caribbean Sea
- West Indies history
- St. Thomas and the Virgin Islands
- Guadeloupe and the Leeward Islands
- St. Vincent to Grenada
- Trinidad to Tobago
- Curacao, Margarita and The Coast Islands
- Haiti
- Porto Rico
- Cuba
- Jamaica
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