The Great Hurricane: 1938
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2005. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [10], 230 pages. Map. Illustrations. Notes. Index. DJ has some wear and soiling. The author introduces readers to one of the worst natural disasters in the nation's history--the 1938 Hurricane that struck the coast of New England at 186 miles per hour causing devastation throughout the region--and the personal stories of survivors of the catastrophe. Cherie Burns is author of Diving for Starfish--The Jeweler, The Actress, The Heiress and One of the World's Most Alluring Pieces of Jewelry, published by St. Martin's Press in 2018. Her previous books are the biography, Searching for Beauty—The Life of Millicent Rogers, the American Heiress Who Taught the World About Style published by St. Martin’s Griffin Press in October of 2012, The Great Hurricane: 1938, published by Grove/Atlantic (2005) and Stepmotherhood—How to Survive Without Feeling Frustrated, Left Out or Wicked (Times Books). Cherie Burns’s books are based on relentless reporting combined with a worldly empathy for her subjects. Pursuing the narrative of the Great Hurricane, she interviewed survivors in nursing homes and sifted through accounts that younger residents recalled from their parents. Burns has been a feature journalist since 1975. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, People, Glamour, New York, Sports Illustrated, Constitution and other publications. She now lives primarily in Taos, New Mexico and has spent summer in Nantucket since 1981. More