| And Hell Followed with It: Life and Death in a Kansas Tornado Contributor(s): Menninger, Bonar (Author) |
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ISBN: 1934572497 ISBN-13: 9781934572498 Publisher: Emerald Book Co OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Natural Disasters - Nature | Weather - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi |
| Dewey: 551.553 |
| LCCN: 2010929150 |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 6.38" W x 9.26" (1.59 lbs) 327 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Geographic Orientation - Kansas |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Colossal trees snap like matchsticks. A gigantic orange fireball explodes in the funnel's black core. Horses are sucked up and spit out alive by 200-mile-per-hour winds. These were just a few of the scenes that unfolded on June 8, 1966, when a massive EF-5 tornado cut a 22-mile swath across eastern Kansas and straight through Topeka Kansas's capital city. When it was over, 16 people were dead, more than 500 were injured, and property damage had reached $100 million, making the tornado the most destructive in U.S. history up to that time. That fateful day comes back to life in And Hell Followed With It: Life and Death in a Kansas Tornado. Author Bonar Menninger has interviewed dozens of survivors to construct a tightly woven narrative that conveys in gut-wrenching detail what it's like when nature careens out of control and ordinary people face extraordinary, life-threatening situations. |