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The Burning of St. Pierre and the Eruption of [Mount] Mont Pelee: A Graphic Account of the Greatest Volcanic Disaster in the History of the World, Involving a Loss of Forty Thousand People in the Short Space of Three Minutes; Descriptions of Martinique, St. Vincent, Fort De France, and Mont La Soufriere and the History, Customs, and Character of the People

The Burning of St. Pierre and the Eruption of [Mount] Mont Pelee: A Graphic Account of the Greatest Volcanic Disaster in the History of the World, Involving a Loss of Forty Thousand People in the Short Space of Three Minutes; Descriptions of Martinique, St. Vincent, Fort De France, and Mont La Soufriere and the History, Customs, and Character of the People

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The Burning of St. Pierre and the Eruption of [Mount] Mont Pelee: A Graphic Account of the Greatest Volcanic Disaster in the History of the World, Involving a Loss of Forty Thousand People in the Short Space of Three Minutes; Descriptions of Martinique, St. Vincent, Fort De France, and Mont La Soufriere and the History, Customs, and Character of the People

by Royce, Frederick

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Chicago: Continental Publishing Company, 1902. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. Photographs (Illustrated with). Chicago: Continental Publishing Company, (1902).

FIRST EDITION.

Original cloth.
192 pages.
Illustrated with photographs.

Poor or better. Tight binding; some pages have stains; all have rippling; readable; names on front endpaper; cover cloth stained and rippled; no jacket. 

A very scarce antique history of what may be titled the worst Volcanic disaster in history. None on current market at time of listing. 


Mount Pelée or Mont Pelée is an active volcano at the northern end of Martinique, an island and French overseas department in the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc of the Caribbean. Its volcanic cone is composed of stratified layers of hardened ash and solidified lava. Its most recent eruption was in 1932.


The stratovolcano's 1902 eruption destroyed the town of Saint-Pierre, killing 29,000 to 30,000 people in the space of a few minutes, in the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century. The main eruption, on 8 May 1902, left only two survivors in the direct path of the blast flow: Ludger Sylbaris survived because he was in a poorly ventilated, dungeon-like jail cell, and Léon Compère-Léandre, living on the edge of the city, escaped with severe burns.--wikipedia.

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Title
The Burning of St. Pierre and the Eruption of [Mount] Mont Pelee: A Graphic Account of the Greatest Volcanic Disaster in the History of the World, Involving a Loss of Forty Thousand People in the Short Space of Three Minutes; Descriptions of Martinique, St. Vincent, Fort De France, and Mont La Soufriere and the History, Customs, and Character of the People
Author
Royce, Frederick
Illustrator
Photographs (Illustrated with)
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Poor
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Chicago: Continental Publishing Company
Date Published
1902

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