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The Raging Sea: The Powerful Account of the Worst Tsunami in U.S. History
The Raging Sea The Powerful Account of the Worst Tsunami in US History Author:Dennis M. Powers On Good Friday, 1964, Crescent City, California, was bustling as it prepared for the long Easter weekend. No one there knew that thousands of miles away, an earthquake registering 8.4 on the Richter scale was tearing through Alaska. And no one knew the quake would set off a series of tidal waves that would stretch across the Pacific ... more »and right back to their doors--turning some residents into victims, and other into heroes...
Author Dennis M Powers has written the first book ever devoted to the shocking event that all but destroyed scenic Crescent City--and tested the fortitude of its 3,000 residents. Weaving together historical research with the compelling accounts of survivors. Powers re-creates the evens of the fateful night when thirty city blocks were ravaged, 289 homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed, and eleven people lost their lives.
But THE RAGING SEA is not just the stunning, well-crafted account of a real-life natural disaster. Chronicling the moment-by-moment efforts of several local heroes, it is the story of the remarkable courage displayed by those who came together before, during, and after the tsunami to save the lives of friends and strangers--often at the risk or even loss of their own. It's the story of how Crescent City rose up from the ashes of disaster to face a new, if uncertain, future--and a testimonial to the iron will and spirit of a community determined to survive.« less