The book is “Island in a Storm.” The island is Isle Derniere (in French, “last island”), one of the barrier islands that run along the Louisiana coast. And the storm was a ferocious hurricane that roared out of the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 10, 1856.
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Geologist At Work
When I was in high school my favorite books were in the 'Winning Of America' historical fiction series by Allen Eckert. The NYT has a profile of Asbury Sallenger Jr. and his book 'Island In The Storm' which sounds like a work of geological fiction: The Geologist’s Tale: A Storm, a Survivor and a Vanishing Island
