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Tornado (Paperback)
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Tornado (Paperback)
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Loot Price R376
Discovery Miles 3 760
You Save R63 (14%)
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The Tornado gives account of one of the world's most terrifying
natural disasters. Twisters have left their wake of freakish
consequences throughout the United States and the world, and The
Tornado vividly describes some of the most bizarre from around the
country--houseboats sailing through the air; cars flown to a
landing half a cornfield away; an entire house lifted and
demolished, leaving only a divan holding the uninjured family. The
most detailed description of a tornado and the violence it can
bring comes from the author's focus on the tragedy of one American
town in 1953. John Edward Weems was an eyewitness reporter of a
funnel that hit Waco, Texas, on May 11 of that year. In gripping
narrative, he portrays the events of that day: a man clinging to a
guard rail while a mailbox, plate glass, bricks, and assorted
debris whizzed past his head; automobiles rolling end on end down
the street; buildings falling like blocks knocked down by an angry
child; a movie theater crumbling on the terrified patrons. When the
storm had passed, 114 people were dead and hundreds injured;
property damage ran in the tens of millions of dollars. Research in
news reports, government weather documents, and books flesh out
this account, which Pulitzer-prize winner Annie Dillard called
"wonderfully exciting. It is full of people, and the thousands of
details that make up their lives--and deaths. [It is] a story of
enormous power." John Banta, writing in the Waco Tribune-Herald,
described it as "a gripping story of human drama and tragedy."
Kirkus Reviews said, ". . . the events still chill face to face
with a power that defies reason." Royalties from the sale of The
Tornado will benefit the book fund of the Waco-McLennan County
Public Library.
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