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Author	Treaster, Joseph B.
Title	Hurricane force : in the path of America's deadliest storms / Joseph B. Treaster.
Publication Info.	Boston : Kingfisher, c2007.

Location	Call No.	Status
Children's Non-Fiction	Juv. 551.5 T	IN LIBRARY

Description	128 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Note	"New York times book."
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-120) and index.
Summary	Describes how violent storms and hurricanes are formed and notes some of history's greatest storms to hit the U.S. such as Hurricane Katrina.
Contents	New Orleans, 2005 -- The storm factory -- Hurricane hunting -- Defining the danger -- Battening down the hatches -- Into the strike zone -- Riding it out -- Shelter from the storm -- Bracing for the future.
Subject	Hurricanes -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
	Storms -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Added Title	In the path of America's deadliest storms
ISBN	9780753460863 (hc. : alk. paper)
	0753460866 (hc. : alk. paper)

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