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Storm of the Century

The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935

By: Willie Drye

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Storm of the Century

The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935

By: Willie Drye

In 1934, hundreds of jobless World War I veterans were sent to the remote Florida Keys to build a highway from Miami to Key West. The Roosevelt Administration was making a genuine effort to help these down-and-out vets, many of whom suffered from what is known today as post-traumatic stress disorder. But the attempt to help them turned into a tragedy. The supervisors in charge of the veterans misunderstood the danger posed by hurricanes in the low-lying Florida Keys. In late August 1935, a small, stealthy tropical storm crossed the Bahamas, causing little damage. When it entered the Straits of Florida, however, it exploded into one of the most powerful hurricanes on record. But US Weather Bureau forecasters could only guess at its exact position, and their calculations were well off the mark. The hurricane that struck the Upper Florida Keys on the evening of September 2, 1935 is still the most powerful hurricane to make landfall in the US. Supervisors waited too long to call for an evacuation train from Miami to move the vets out of harm’s way. The train was slammed by the storm surge soon after it reached Islamorada. Only the 160-ton locomotive was left upright on the tracks. About 400 veterans were left unprotected in flimsy work camps. Around 260 of them were killed. This is their story, with newly discovered photos and stories of some of the heroes of the Labor Day 1935 calamity.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493037986

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Plymouth and Washington County

By: Willie Drye

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Plymouth and Washington County

By: Willie Drye

Plymouth and Washington County, North Carolina, are entwined with the beginnings of American history. The area surrounding the Albemarle Sound was the birthplace of North Carolina. Plymouth began as a 17th-century trading post on the Roanoke River, which empties into the sound. When the nearby Dismal Swamp Canal opened in 1805, Plymouth was linked to the deepwater harbor of Norfolk, Virginia, and quickly grew into one of North Carolina's busiest ports. With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, young men from Washington County enlisted in both the Union and Confederate armies, and Plymouth was the scene of fierce fighting throughout the conflict. Today, Plymouth and Washington County attract visitors eager to enjoy boating, bass fishing, and bird-watching in an unspoiled coastal wilderness; visit Civil War sites; or absorb the fascinating maritime history.

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Arcadia Publishing

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146712124X

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9781467121248

For Sale —American Paradise

How Our Nation Was Sold an Impossible Dream in Florida

By: Willie Drye

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How Our Nation Was Sold an Impossible Dream in Florida

By: Willie Drye

Winner of the Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medal for Best Regional Nonfiction in the Southwest The story of how Florida became entwined with Americans’ 20th-century hopes, dreams, and expectations is also a tale of mass delusion, real estate collapses, and catastrophic hurricanes. The Fantasy of Florida hones in on the experiences of William Jennings Bryan and Edwin Menninger, the two men who shaped the image of Florida that we know today and who sold that image as America’s paradise. The cast of characters also includes the Marx Brothers, Thomas Edison, Al Capone, and Mark Twain. A tale of a colorful and tragicomic era during which the allure and illusion of the American Dream was on full display—a Jazz Age period when Americans started chasing what F. Scott Fitzgerald called “the orgiastic future”—the book reveals how the recent economic collapse in Florida is eerily similar to events that happened there between 1925 and 1928. What sets the mid-1920s’ Florida land boom apart from more recent booms-and-busts, however, is that this was the first modern boom, the first time that emerging new technologies, mass communications and modern advertising techniques were used to sell the nation on the notion that prosperity and happiness are simply there for the taking. Florida’s image as a place where the rules of everyday life don’t apply and winners go to play was formed during this dawn of the age of consumerism when Americans wanted to have fun and make lots of money, and millions of them thought Florida was the perfect place to do that.

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149301899X

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Plymouth and Washington County

By: Willie Drye

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Storm of the Century

The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935

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For Sale —American Paradise

How Our Nation Was Sold an Impossible Dream in Florida

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Willie Doherty

Traces

By: Willie Doherty

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Traces

By: Willie Doherty

Exhibition catalog to accompany same titled exhibit of Willie Doherty's work at the Speed Art Museum.

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Willie Doherty: False Memory 31 October 2002 - 2 March 2003 Exhibition Guide

Irish Museum of Modern Art

By: Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith,Willie Doherty,Irish Museum of Modern Art (Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland)

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Willie Doherty: False Memory 31 October 2002 - 2 March 2003 Exhibition Guide

Irish Museum of Modern Art

By: Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith,Willie Doherty,Irish Museum of Modern Art (Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland)

This is a Leaflet/Guide To Accompany Exhibition, 'Willie Doherty False Memory', At The Irish Museum Of Modern Art. The Exhibition Marks The First Substantial Overview Of His Work In Ireland.

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1903811139

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The Winds of Destiny

By: Willie Tee

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The Winds of Destiny

By: Willie Tee

The hint of a dark secret hangs over the picturesque farm where the trucker was reared. The story cleverly portrays what the secret is and afterwards provides the readers with clues that further confirm the identity of the storya

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0759627916

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Storm of the Century

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Plymouth and Washington County

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