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Description edit
On May 8, 1902, on the Caribbean island of Martinique, the volcano Mount Pelee loosed the most terrifying and lethal eruption of the twentieth century. In minutes, it killed 27,000 people and leveled the city of Saint-Pierre. In La Catastrophe, Alwyn Scarth provides a gripping day-by-day and... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Saint-pierre: Add a description of this character.
- Suchet
- Pierre Le Bris
- Louis Mouttet
- Gaston Landes
- Emilie Dujon
- Father Mary
- Parel
- Fernand Clerc
- Monsieur Lhuerre
- Girard
- Thirion
- Rodolphe Fouche
- Charles
- Alfred Lacroix
- Le Morne-rouge
- Monsieur Landes
- Pouyer Quertier
- Rubis
- Marius Hurard
- Gabrielle
- Emile Berte
- Georges Lhuerre
- Freeman
- Les Antilles
- Edith Duchateau-roger
- Monsieur Le Prieur
- Beauregard
- Monsieur Lubin
- Elodie Jourdain
- Thomas
- Raphael Pons
- Joseph Plissonneau
- Monsieur Grelet
- Madame Decomis
- Raoul
- Saint Lucia
- Roger Arnoux
First Sentence edit
Mount Pelée had signalled several warnings of its bad behaviour since the French had first settled in Martinique in 1635.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alwyn Scarth (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 972.982
Subjects edit
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Earth Sciences › Geography
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Earth Sciences › Geology
- Books › Science › Earth Sciences › Geology › Volcanology
- Books › Science › Earth Sciences › Natural Disasters
- Books › History › Americas › Caribbean & West Indies
- Books › Science › Earth Sciences › Geography
- Books › History › World
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