Last Days of Last Island: The Hurricane of 1856, Louisiana's First Great Storm
- ISBN-10
- 1887366881
- ISBN-13
- 9781887366885
- Category
- History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Pages
- 290
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press
- Author
- Bill Dixon
Description
"The 1856 summer season was like so many that had come before--uneventful, ifyllic. The South's newest and most popular watering spot was a microcosm of Louisiana's antebellum econimic and social structure. More than four hundred vacationers--wealthy sugar planters, powerful politicians, their families, friends and servants--had come to the island to escape the hot August sun. The waters of the Gulf were cool, its breezes fresh. Life was good. On the horizon, however a massive cloud formation was about to tell a much different story. On that fateful day, August 10th 1856, a devastating Category Four hurricane destroyed Last Island. The chaos and confusion that initially reigned gave way in time to a generation of Civil War and Reconstruction. After more than one hundred and fifty years--and the devastation of Katrina--the story remains layered with myths. "Last Days of Last Island" removes that shroud and presents the first comprehensive account of the hurricane of 1856, "Louisiana's first great storm." -- Back cover.
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