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On the night of September 20, 1938, the news on the radio was full of Hitler's pending invasion of Czechoslovakia. In a matter of hours, however, a hurricane of unprecedented force would tear through one of the wealthiest and most populated stretches of coastline in America, obliterating communities from Long Island to Providence, destroying entire fishing fleets from Montauk to Narragansett Bay, and leaving seven hundred people dead. Using newspaper reports, survivor testimony, and archival sources, Cherie Burns reconstructs this harrowing day and the amazing tales of heroism, survival, and loss that occurred. Those who survived still remember the Great Hurricane as the most terrifying moment of their lives. Burns's masterful storytelling follows the storm's monstrous path and preserves for posterity the way the Great Hurricane changed New England forever.

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Author Burns makes this horrendous tragedy something the listener can relate to. We come to know the families, their plans for that fateful day, their names, what they wore, their pets, their likes and dislikes...Reader Fields displays an anchorwoman-like straightforwardness as she reads in a nearly emotionless, journalistic manner, a 'this just handed to me' style so appropriate for audio. -- Kliatt While giving the story the respect due a historical volume, Fields captures the sense of urgency and loss that those in the hurricane's path must have felt. -- AudioFile From start to finish, this powerful story of nature's fury and human survival pulls the reader in and doesn't let go. -- Publishers Weekly

"""Author Burns makes this horrendous tragedy something the listener can relate to. We come to know the families, their plans for that fateful day, their names, what they wore, their pets, their likes and dislikes...Reader Fields displays an anchorwoman-like straightforwardness as she reads in a nearly emotionless, journalistic manner, a 'this just handed to me' style so appropriate for audio."" -- ""Kliatt"" ""From start to finish, this powerful story of nature's fury and human survival pulls the reader in and doesn't let go."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""While giving the story the respect due a historical volume, Fields captures the sense of urgency and loss that those in the hurricane's path must have felt."" -- ""AudioFile"""

From start to finish, this powerful story of nature's fury and human survival pulls the reader in and doesn't let go. -- Publishers Weekly While giving the story the respect due a historical volume, Fields captures the sense of urgency and loss that those in the hurricane's path must have felt. -- AudioFile Author Burns makes this horrendous tragedy something the listener can relate to. We come to know the families, their plans for that fateful day, their names, what they wore, their pets, their likes and dislikes...Reader Fields displays an anchorwoman-like straightforwardness as she reads in a nearly emotionless, journalistic manner, a 'this just handed to me' style so appropriate for audio. -- Kliatt

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Cherie Burns is a writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, People, Glamour, US, New York, and other publications. This is her second book. Anna Fields (1965-2006), winner of more than a dozen Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award in 2004, was one of the most respected narrators in the industry. Trained at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, she was also a director, producer, and technician at her own studio, Cedar House Audio.

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