Paths of Past: Tennessee, 1770-1970 Book

Florida's Hurricane History by Jay Barnes (UNC Press 1998)(551.552) is a thoughtful history of hurricanes and how they have significantly affected the Florida coast. I found particularly interesting the account of the "Great Okeechobee Flood of (September) 1928", which is the flood made famous in the Zora Neale Hurston book Their Eyes Were Watching God. This is recounted as one of the greatest floods in American history; it claimed the lives of many who were unprepared for the storm surge and subsequent flooding. My rating: 6/10, finished 9/7/11.