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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 551
EAN: 9780786713868
ISBN: 0786713860
Label: Basic Books
Manufacturer: Basic Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: July 28, 2004
Publisher: Basic Books
Studio: Basic Books




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The great hurricane of 1928 claimed 2,500 lives, and the long-forgotten story of the casualties, as told in Black Cloud, continues to stir passion. Among the dead were 700 black Floridians—men, women, and children who were buried in an unmarked West Palm Beach ditch during a racist recovery and rebuilding effort that conscripted the labor of blacks as latter-day slaves. Palm Beach Post reporter Eliot Kleinberg has penned the gripping and tragic tale of 1928’s killer hurricane from dozens of interviews with survivors, diary entries, accounts from newspapers, government documents, and reports from the National Weather Service and the Red Cross. Immortalized in Zora Neale Hurston’s classic Their Eyes Were Watching God, thousands of poor blacks had nowhere to run when the waters of Lake Okeechobee rose. No one spoke for them, no one stood up for them, and no one could save them. With historical photographs and heroic tales of survival and loss, this book finally gives the dead the dignity they deserve.



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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Gifted writer!
A great story and one that needs to be told and retold so the disgraceful disservice to blacks and poor people of that era doesn't get lost as time goes by. Also wanted to mention what a great and gifted writer the author is... very vivid descriptions and nicely written so you feel he's talking directly to you. Unfortunately there is a fly in the ointment... certainly not at all the author's fault, but rather the fault of the publisher... the book is poorly edited for spelling and grammar errors... ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Need to Know. Need to Remember.
Hurricanes are part of the natural landscape of Florida. Having not grown up in this state (CA native), I was unaware of the historic frequency of storms and the consequences to so many unassuming souls who fell victim to the times, before technology such as we have on our laptops: timely and accurate information, could have given them a fighting chance.

This book is hugely worth reading. I learned about the "taming" of Lake Okeechobee, and how the consequences of those actions in the 20th ... Read More



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Deadly hurricane
The hurricane that struck the West Palm Beach and Lake Okeechobee areas in 1928 was one of the deadliest in history to hit the American mainland - as many as 2,500 people were killed. (In comparison, Andrew, a much stronger hurricane, killed only 15 in 1992.) One reason for this, as Kleinberg points out, is that many of the houses in Florida up to the 1920s merely sat on their foundations and were not anchored down in any way; they were thus easily blown or knocked by water off their foundations and smashed ... Read More



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Little Known Hurricane in FL
Very good book and I would definitely recommend it to anyone interested in hurricanes or disasters. This hurricane is not very well know yet the deaths attributed to certainly qualifies it as a major disaster worthy of remembering. I bet most Floridians have never even heard about this event. Hopefully this book will change some of that. The author brings to life the hardships endured by the victims and describes how the disaster came about.



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Poorly known tragedy...and portent
I agree with other reviewers that spoke highly of this work. This book is deeply moving in its portrayal of how a natural disaster combined with ineffective governmental precautions, human arrogance, and racial inequity to create an unmitigated human tragedy. The portrayal of people from all across the board is unfettered by political correctness as the author explores the range from poor black laborers buried in mass graves to a reactionary black interest group that tried to discredit the Red Cross, one of ... Read More




 

 

 

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