Fire Mountain

How One Man Survived the World's Worst Volcanic Disaster

von Peter Morgan

256 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

On 8th May 1902, the citizens of Saint-Pierre, Martinique, huddled together in their spectacular cathedral of Notre Dame. Mont Pelée, the island volcano that had remained dormant for so long, had suddenly come alive. Within minutes the city had been destroyed along with its 30,000 inhabitants. The only apparent survivor was Ludger Sylbaris, a twenty-seven-year-old labourer who had spent the previous night in Saint-Pierre jail. Sylbaris was taken on by P.T. Barnum's famous circus and became a minor celebrity as he toured America recounting the horrors of the explosion. FIRE MOUNTAIN is the thrilling story of that fateful day, the complex political events that played a part in the tragedy and a fascinating history of the island itself.

• Reihe: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
• ISBN: 9780747568438
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 02.02.2004
• Größe: 196 x 128 mm
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc