Storm of the Century: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, Revised Edition

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...

• Format: Audio CD
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09HYCCFPM
• ISBN13: 9798200892273
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 5.6"