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Omaha's Easter Tornado of 1913
Author(s): Travis Sing
ISBN: 9780738531847
# of Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
On Sale Date: 09/21/2003
Binding: Softcover
# of Images: 200 Black and White
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Book Description:
On Sunday, March 23, 1913, the burgeoning city of Omaha, Nebraska, fell victim to one of the worst tornado disasters in American history. Downtown was spared, but the fashionable neighborhoods of the city's western fringe and the ethnic neighborhoods of north Omaha were destroyed. Over 100 lives were lost, and millions of dollars in property damage was done. Photographers descended upon Omaha, rendering astonishing images of the storm's aftermath. This book uses nearly 200 of those photographs, many of which are drawn from the Durham Western Heritage Museum archives, to document the tornado's path of destruction, as well as stories of survival, compassion, reconstruction, and the remarkable unity and resilience of the Omaha community.
Author Bio: Author Travis Sing is an independent historian who holds degrees from Creighton University and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He has worked as a consultant, educator, historic site manager, and library and archives director, and has a lifelong interest in meteorology, particularly tornado activity.
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