La Catastrophe Mount Pelee and the Destruction of Saint-Pierre, Martinique |
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| Author:
| Scarth, Alwyn |
| ISBN: | 978-1-903544-11-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2002 |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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On May 8, 1902, on the Caribbean island of Martinique, the volcano Mount Pele loosed the most terrifying and lethal eruption of the twentieth century. Alwyn Scarth provides a gripping day-by-day and hour-by-hour account of this devastating eruption, based primarily on chilling eyewitness accounts.
On May 8, 1902, on the Caribbean island of Martinique, the volcano Mount Pele loosed the most terrifying and lethal eruption of the twentieth century. Alwyn Scarth provides a gripping day-by-day and hour-by-hour account of this devastating eruption, based primarily on chilling eyewitness accounts.