The Vortex
A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022], ©2022.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xxii, 498 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
This fast-paced, meticulously detailed book tells the story of the Great Bhola Cyclone, the deadliest storm in modern history, which killed 500,000 people in Pakistan, and its aftermath as told through the eyes of the men and women who witnessed it.
Subjects:
Cyclones -- Social aspects -- Bangladesh.
Cyclones -- Social aspects -- Pakistan.
Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 1947-1971.
Cyclones -- Social aspects -- Bangladesh.
Cyclones -- Social aspects -- Pakistan.
Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 1947-1971.
ISBN:
9780062985415
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY Disaster Car | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-479) and index.