HISTORIC STORMS OF NEW ENGLAND

Perley, sidney

ISBN 10: 1889833274 / ISBN 13: 9781889833279

Published by Commonwealth Editions, 2001

About this Item

Its Gales, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, showers with Thunder and Lightning, Great Snow Storms, Rains, Freshets, Floods, Droughts, Cold Winters, Hot Summers, Avalanches, Earthquakes, Dark Days, Comets, Aurora Borealis, Phenomena in the Heavens, Wrecks Along the Coast, with Incidents and Anecdotes, Amusing and Pathetic. New Edition of An 1891 Classic. Card Covers. Good tight condition with slight wear to cover edges and corners. 302 pages. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: HISTORIC STORMS OF NEW ENGLAND
• Publisher: Commonwealth Editions
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1889833274
• ISBN 13: 9781889833279
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

About this title

Synopsis

A reissue of the classic book of historic New England storms, first published in 1891 by Sidney Perley (1858-1928).

About the Author

Born in Boxford, Massachusetts in 1858, Sidney Pearly was a successful Salem lawyer with a surpassing love of history and geneology. Other works include "Poets of Essex County, Mass." and a "History of Salem, Mass." in three volumes. Intensly religious, Perly wrote "Historic Storms of New England" with an apocalyptic fervor, describing each dissaster as though it heralded the end of the world. He was a fitting interpreter of this region settled by Puritans, where every untoward heavenly event of the 17th and 18th centuries was viewed as an act of God, or the devil.