Florida's Hurricane History
by Jay Barnes
Second Edition

424 pp., 139 photos, 87 maps, 3 tables
$24.95 paperback, $39.95 hardcover
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Winner of the 1999 Charlton Tebeau Book Award, Florida Historical Society

"Absolutely riveting."—Naples Daily News

"The most comprehensive collection of Florida hurricane photographs ever assembled."—Ft. Lauderdale El Heraldo

"The best and most comprehensive book on hurricane history for Florida I have seen."—Weather Watchers Online

"Rises above mere statistics, using personal accounts and striking pictures to bring the state's countless encounters with tragedy to life. . . . [It is] a compelling look back into the state©ös relationship with the tropical cyclone and it reminds us of the dangers that loom ahead in the future from these storms."—Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

"Required reading for everyone in Florida, particularly those who might plan to ignore hurricane warnings, these vivid firsthand accounts from many previous disasters should convince everyone to evacuate."—Choice

"Fascinating and disturbing. . . . Heavily illustrated, the book bears graphic witness to the havoc wreaked by winds topping 200 miles per hour and storm surges reaching 20 feet above sea level."—Library Journal

"Jay Barnes has produced a well-researched and comprehensive story in his Florida's Hurricane History. Very well written, it will be of great interest to the students of hurricanes and to residents and visitors to our nation's most hurricane-prone state."—John R. Hope, The Weather Channel

"Weather aficionados will like Florida's Hurricane History for its information on the basics of hurricane dynamics, formation, naming and forecasting. Anyone interested in a good story about Florida history will enjoy the book, too."—Mike Lyons, Chief Weather Forecaster, WPBF-TV

"An important book . . . because it helps to counter the ideology of hurricane denial rooted in the real estate boom of the early part of the twentieth century."—Journal of Southern History


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