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The day the world ended / Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witts.

By:

Thomas, Gordon, 1933-2017 [author.]

Contributor(s):

Morgan Witts, Max [author.]

New York : Stein and Day Publishers, [1969] 1969Description: x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

History.

Additional physical formats: Day the world ended.DDC classification:

972.98/2
972.982, Tho

LOC classification:

F2081 .T43

Action note:

110397 Charm

Summary: Two British journalists describe the explosion of Mount Pel ee on the island of Martinique May 8, 1902, which resulted in the death of nearly 30,000 people. The authors made use of contemporary records and survivors recollections to show how the natural signs of coming disasters were ignored because of the need to keep the populace on hand for a coming election.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Daphne Douglas Reading Room	972.982 Tho (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		1000000029880
Books	OCLC Data	Daphne Douglas Reading Room		Available		0000000000207

Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-306).

Two British journalists describe the explosion of Mount Pel ee on the island of Martinique May 8, 1902, which resulted in the death of nearly 30,000 people. The authors made use of contemporary records and survivors recollections to show how the natural signs of coming disasters were ignored because of the need to keep the populace on hand for a coming election.

110397 Charm

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