Hot time in the old town : the great heat wave of 1896 and the making of Theodore Roosevelt

Hot time in the old town : the great heat wave of 1896 and the making of Theodore Roosevelt /

One of the worst natural disasters in American history, the 1896 New York heat wave killed almost 1,500 people in ten oppressively hot days. The heat coincided with a pitched presidential contest between William McKinley and the upstart Democrat William Jennings Bryan, who arrived in New York City a...

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Main Author: Kohn, Edward P. (Edward Parliament), 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, 2010
Subjects:
Roosevelt, Theodore, > 1858-1919.
Bryan, William Jennings, > 1860-1925.
Heat waves (Meteorology) > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Heat waves (Meteorology) > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Mortality > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1865-1898.
New York (N.Y.) > Environmental conditions.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Biography.
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