A Weekend in September explained

A Weekend in September is a 1957 book by John Edward Weems.^[1] It is about the 1900 Galveston hurricane.

A 1980 reprinting was published by the Texas A&M University Press.^[1] In 2005 the university made the book's 10th printing.^[2]

Weems had interviewed people who had experienced the events and used other sources from the era.^[1]

Reception

Dean R. Larson of Purdue University Calumet (now Purdue University Northwest) stated that the imagery is "so alive with detail that this reader needed a self reminder that the book is not fiction".^[2]

Ralph A. Wooster of Lamar University stated that the research was "skillful".^[1]

References

• Larson. Dean R. Review of A Weekend in September. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. 2009. 6. 1. 10.2202/1547-7355.1641. DeGruyter.
• Wooster. Ralph A. A WEEKEND IN SEPTEMBER [Galveston] by John Edward Weems (Book Review)|journal=Arizona and the West|year=1980|volume=22|issue=3|page=298-299|jstor=40168965}}

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  External links

  • A Weekend in September - Texas A&M University Press

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Notes and References

1. Wooster, p. 298.
2. Larson, p. 1.