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Hot time in the old town : the great heat wave of 1896 and the making of Theodore Roosevelt / Edward P. Kohn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kohn, Edward P. (Edward Parliament), 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heat waves (Meteorology)--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.
- Heat waves (Meteorology).
- Heat waves (Meteorology)--Social aspects--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.
- Mortality--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.
- Mortality.
- New York (N.Y.)--History--1865-1898.
- New York (N.Y.).
- New York (N.Y.)--Environmental conditions.
- New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--19th century.
- New York (N.Y.)--Biography.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
- Roosevelt, Theodore.
- Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925.
- Bryan, William Jennings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Basic Books, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The untold story of the catastrophic heat wave that brought Gilded Age New York to its knees?and kick-started Theodore Roosevelt's political career
- Contents:
- Cover; CONTENTS; Prologue; Introduction; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; Conclusion; Epilogue; Postscript; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-78459-5
- 9786612784590
- 0-465-02258-8
- OCLC:
- 669128355
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