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(Saturday Evening Post cover, "Undecided," by Norman Rockwell, November 4, 1944)

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Storm of the Century: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 tells the story of the most powerful hurricane to make landfall in the U.S.

The hurricane, with winds probably gusting to at least 200 mph and a storm surge probably exceeding 18 feet, came ashore in the Florida Keys on Sept. 2, 1935.

The vicious storm killed about 260 World War I veterans who building a New Deal highway from Miami to Key West and living in flimsy beachfront work camps in the islands. Camp supervisors waited until too late to try to evacuate the men, and a train sent to move them off the islands was blown off the tracks at Islamorada, Fla.

Storm of the Century was praised by Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, the Boston Herald, and other reviewers across the U.S. The book also was the basis for a History Channel documentary that premiered Oct. 1, 2006.

Storm of the Century: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 is available at amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, and other outlets.

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11/02/2008

Thank God, it'll be over soon

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