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In the Eye of Hurricane Andrew (Florida History and Culture)
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by JR., EUGENE F. PROVENZO and ASTERIE BAKER PROVENZO
Sales Rank: 1341229
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List Price: $24.95
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 240 pages
Published by: University Press of Florida; First edition August 28, 2002
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0813025664
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0813025667
Book Dimensions:
9.4 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
Weighs: 1 pounds
Book Description
Although Florida has been struck by more hurricanes than any other region of the continental United States, most people living in South Florida in 1992 had never experienced a hurricane. On August 24, in a matter of hours, Hurricane Andrew ravaged communities on the South Florida coast, leaving 250,000 homeless and physical damages of close to $30 billion. Based on interviews with survivors and rescue workers in the weeks and months that followed, In the Eye of Hurricane Andrew is the extraordinary story of one of the most destructive natural disasters in modern American history as told by the people who lived through it.
From a psychological and social point of view, Andrew was unprecedented.
While the book relates thehistory of the storm and its consequences, its greatest strength is the personal level at which it engages the reader. Nearly 100 people representing diverse backgrounds share their experiences, from a mother who weathered the storm in a tiny bathroom shared with another adult, four children, and a dog, to a roofer who traveled from Tennessee to help in the rebuilding process, to Bryan Norcross, the TV weatherman whose voice guided many through the storm. Their testimonies create a real sense of how Andrew impacted each human being-the decision to evacuate or not, preparations, what happened during the storm, the clean-up, looting, price gouging, rebuilding, and living in the aftermath. Providing a context for these oral histories, the book also draws upon a wide range of published sources such as newspaper and documentary accounts. A comprehensive bibliography includes government reports, conference proceedings, maps, and video recordings. photographs from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration supplement the engaging text to reveal the incredible before and after, testifying to the ingenuity and resiliency of South Floridians carrying on in the face of such devastation.
About The Author
Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr., is professor of education at the University of Miami. He has authored over thirty books on historical, educational, and social issues.
Asterie Baker Provenzo is a widely published author of books on local, family, and community history, including Pursuing the Past. She has developed local history curricula for the Historical Association of South Florida.
Reader Reviews
"In the Eye of Hurricane Andrew" is a collection of first hand accounts of people who survived the horrible disaster and it's aftermath in South Florida. It is NOT an overall history of the storm, as it doesn't cover what it wrought upon the Gulf Coast after hitting Florida. It is also NOT a compelling narrative history, like the book "Issac's Strom" about the 1900 Galveston Hurricane. It is, however, fairly brief at less than 150 pages of narrative and contains only a few black & white photographs. Given the above, I would recommend this book primarily for South Florida victims of the storm as well as to anyone doing research about hurricanes. General readers will not find much of interest here.
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