Island in a Storm : A Rising Sea, a Vanishing Coast, and a Nineteenth-Century Disaster That Warns of a Warmer World

by Sallenger, Abby

• ISBN13: 9781586485153
• ISBN10: 1586485156
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-01
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

The riveting true story of the 1856 hurricane that hit New Orleans, "Island in a Storm" is also a cautionary environmental tale that reveals how global warming is spreading the unique hazards of river deltas to barrier islands around the world.

Author Biography

Abby Sallenger received his Ph.D. in Marine Science from the University of Virginia and is the former Chief Scientist of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Center for Coastal Geology. He presently leads the USGS Extreme Storms research group.

Table of Contents

Prologue: An Island Changed Forever	p. 1
The Island and the Delta
The City of the Dead	p. 11
Chocolate Gold	p. 25
"The Summer Resort for the South"	p. 41
The Law of Storms	p. 53
Secrets of the Deep	p. 67
The Island and the Storm
Force 12	p. 81
The Opening Roar	p. 95
Formidable and Swift	p. 109
Extreme Jeopardy	p. 119
Gravity Suspended	p. 129
Merciless Waters	p. 139
Landfall	p. 153
The Island and the Aftermath
Silence Following a Scream	p. 169
Waiting	p. 179
Rescue	p. 189
Renewal	p. 201
Epilogue: Forest in the Sea	p. 213
Acknowledgments	p. 221
Credits	p. 223
Notes	p. 225
Sources	p. 259
Index	p. 273
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