1st DJ BLIZZARD Of 1888 HUGE Snow Storm New York CT MA NJ DE NH 300 Photos EX+

Description: Title: Blizzard! The Great Storm of '88 Author: Judd Caplovich Publisher: Vero Publishing (1987) Description:Amazing book full of photographs and stories of one of the largest snowstorms to ever affect the northeast - The Great Blizzard of 1888 which started on March 11, and spread over a huge area of the east cost for a couple of days. From the flap:No one knew it was coming. It knocked the northeastern states with a one-two punch like no other natural disaster ever had. And when it was over, millions were left reeling in a trail of death anddestruction. From March 11 to 14, 1888, the most powerful and damaging blizzard ever recorded on the East Coast struck with a fury that has yet to be surpassed 100 years later. The great storm crippled New Yorkand New England for days, completely shutting down North America’s most important population centers. The boreal blast tied the region’s transportation system in knots, cut off communication between cities and towns, and forced American cities and citizens to take a hard look at how to cope with a crisis. A century later the Blizzard of ’88 is still the benchmark by which severe winter storms are measured. BLIZZARD! The Great Storm of 88 recalls the enormous power of the storm and how it challenged everyday life. More than 300 dramatic photographs, engravings, maps and charts illustrate the hardships and triumphs of those who lived through it. Using reports from newspapers of the day and first-person accounts, it vividly details the heartbreaks, horror and sometimes, the humor of the storm and the days that followed. The table of contentsList of photographs & illustrationsAcknowledgementsForeword by Judd Caplovich Chapter One: The Storm BeginsThoughts of the Times, A 500-Year Event Chapter Two: Anatomy of the BlizzardTracing the Storm’s Progress, How Deep Was It?, A New Ice Age?March 11, 1888 Weather Map & ForecastTri-Daily Weather Charts for March 9-14, 1888Weather Map for March 12, 1888—7 A.M.Weather Log of the New York Meteorological Observatory forMarch 10-15, 1888Temperature Map for March 12, 1888—10 PM.Blizzard of 1888 Storm Track MapSnowfall Map & Snowfall TableDaily Weather Observations Table & Maximum Wind Velocity Table Chapter Three: Chronology of the BlizzardThe Southern Fringe of the Storm, New Jersey's Fate, New York confronts the Storm, The Blizzard Hits New England, Massachusetts Bears The Brunt, Up North Chapter Four: How the Storm Affected PeopleThe Icy Fingers of Death, Beating the Elements — Blizzard Fashions, HelloCentral!, The Threat of Fire, Getting Home, The Pub with No BeerEntrepreneurial Spirit, A Cause for Celebration Humor in the SnowPoem: “Beautiful Snow” Chapter Five: Stuck! Trying to Get Around in the BlizzardThe Big City Besieged, On City Streets, Fighting the Snow, Stranded in the Club Car, Disaster at Lewes Harbor, Havoc on the High Seas Chapter Six: The Business of the BlizzardA View From Wall Street, Did You Hear The One About The Traveling Salesman?, A Losing Proposition, Neither Rain, Nor Snow, Nor Gloom of Night? Chapter Seven: The AftermathThe Threat of Famine, No Meat today, An Energy Crisis, Cleaning Up,Thawing Out, The Storm That Changed America. PreservingThe Memories Chapter Eight: Notes On The StormThe Other Blizzard of 1888, Three Centuries of Memorable Snowstorms Chapter Nine: Remembering the Great StormPhotograph SectionDelawareNew JerseyNew YorkConnecticutMassachusettsVermontNew HampshireSourcesIndex Photos and Illustrations are:Connecticut Ansonia 181, 182Bridgeport 40, 41, 74, 88, 114, 119, 182-184Bristol 62, 98, 122, 185Danbury 43, 186Darien 48Derby 118, 187Fairfield 83, 91, 188Farmington 73Hamden 188Hartford 45, 46, 50, 66, 75, 76, 89, 116, 117, 123, 125, 127, 134, 135, 138, 139, 189-196Manchester 197Meriden 79, 96, 197-201Middletown 129, 200-203Naugatuck 2, 99New Haven 42, 49, 83, 94, 114, 126, 141, 203-209New Milford 44Norfolk 47South Norwalk 78, 95, 97, 135, 212, 213Southington 53, 214Stratford 215Vernon/Rockville 210, 211Waterbury 130, 215-219 DelawareLewes 85, 100, 102, 102-104, 148 MassachusettsGreenfield 124, 219-221Northampton 121, 221-224Pittsfield 131, 225-226Springfield 47, 58, 59,99, 1] 3. 227-229Worcester 119, 230 New HampshireChesterfield 68, 91Keene 63, 72, 90, 235, 236Manchester 51, 237West Keene 236Westmoreland 62 New JerseyAndover 93Flemington 32, 148, 149Newark 27, 28, 30,85, 150.Plainfield 151 New YorkAlbany xiv, 5, 8, 39, 64, 152, 153Brooklyn 57. 84, 86, 87, 152-156, 166Hempstead 36, 37, 125, 132, 133, 157, 158Huntington 36, 115, 159Jamaica 159-163Mattawan 173New York 3, 4, 7, 26, 29, 32, 33, 54,55, 61, 80,105, 106, 108, 136, 164-167Northport 168Ossining 38, 168, 169Poughkeepsie 60, 61, 131, 170-173Saratoga Springs 71, 174-177Troy 39, 65, 178-180Warwick 124 VermontBellows Falls 8, 231Brattleboro 3, 52, 69, 231-234 Weather PhotographsAdolphus Greely 10Weather Instruments 10, 11, 15-19, 232 Miscellaneous Photographs and IllustrationsBlizzard Soda Fountain 70Brattleboro, VT, Snow Roller 3Cameras 44, 59, 122Connecticut Train 113New York, Blizzard Men 140Ocean Liner 31Ossining, NY, Sing Sing Stove 38Plainville, CT, Snowshoes 137 IllustrationsBoston Daily Globe, March, 1888 42, 48, 51, 64, 71, 119,120, 127, 128Harper's Weekly, March 24, 3], 1888 6, 9, 30, 35, 50, 67,72, 77, 81, 82, 100, 102, 108, 112, 128, 147, 148Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper, March 24, 1888- 38, 56, 86, 88, 104, 146New York Daily Graphic, March 13, 1888 92New York Morning Journal, March 13, 1888 107New York Saturday Evening Mail, March 14, 1908 166 Scientific American, March 24, 1888 1, 5, 33, 95, 110 Newspapers—March, 1888 Headlines and AdvertisementsPages: xiv, 1, 5-7, 31, 32, 40, 41, 43, 49, 57, 74. 81,101, 109,112,117, 119, 126, 130, 140. 142Boston Daily GlobeBridgeport Morning NewsDanbury Evening NewsHartford Daily CourantHartford TimesNew Haven Morning NewsNew York HeraldNew York SunPhiladelphia InquirerRutland Daily HeraldWaterbury DailyWorcester Daily Condition:Book is near fine. 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