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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )A Weekend in September List Price: $13.95 Amazon.com's Price: $11.86 You Save: $2.09 (15%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 979 EAN: 9780890963906 ISBN: 0890963908 Label: Texas A&M University Press Manufacturer: Texas A&M University Press Number Of Items: 1 Publication Date: 1989-01 Publisher: Texas A&M University Press Studio: Texas A&M University Press Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Hurricane Reading at Its BestThe book was delivered 2 days after the eye of Hurricane Ike crossed Humble, TX. I had heard my grandmother's stories of her life as a six-year-old fleeing the beach from the 1900 storm, so this hurricane is a part of our my family history. While I have read other books (A Night of Terror, Isaac's Storm) A Weekend in September takes a fantastic approach, taking true stories and weaving them into a near-novel style. While the facts are 100% true, one would almost think they were reading ... Read More Rating: - First Hand AccountsThis incredible book was written about the Great Storm of 1900, still the largest natural disaster in American History. It was written in 1957, while survivors were still alive, which gives great emotion to the narrative. This book is one of my favorites. Rating:  - Not enough research, too many charactersWe just spent a week in Galveston and I wanted to learn more about the famous storm. I purchased this book on the advice of a local seller. What makes this book good is also what makes it difficult to follow. Weems tries to get many points of view in the story to give the reader a broad perspective of the events. However, so many different people and families are introduced, it becomes distracting to the story. There's an attempt to focus on a handful of characters and Weems does circle back ... Read More Rating: - Old but not outdatedI read this on the plane to Louisianna for a visit after Katrina and Rita and then loaned it to friends who live in Baton Rouge. I loved "Isaac"s Storm" and have read it twice but this is a worthy companion to it. Although written 50 years ago, it has more personal detail and interviews with survivors while the scientific data is, of course, less accurate than "Isaac's Storm." There are many excellent books about hurricanes available now - try "Sudden Sea" and "Storm of the Century" about Florida ... Read More Rating: - You will tremble as you readIt's odd that no titantic movie has ever been made about the greatest natural disaster to ever occur in the United States. Kind of like East Texas, the Big Thicket, and the swamps, the Galveston disaster somehow didn't become part of the Texas myth. Yet, what happened was more devastating than the Chicago fire, San Fransico earthquake, and the Andrea Doria. Having lost a childhood home to a hurricane on the Texas coast and seeing, with my own eyes, the result of a true 'catagory-5 hurricane,' ... Read More 
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