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Title: FIRE MOUNTAIN
HOW ONE MAN SURVIVED THE WORLD'S WORST VOLCANIC DISASTER
By: Peter Morgan
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 074756843X
ISBN 13: 9780747568438
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Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Pub. date: 2 February, 2004
Pages: 256
Description: On 8th May 1902, Mont Pelee, 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. This work presents the story of the destruction of a town in Martinique by an erupting volcano, a man who survived it, and a history of the island itself.
Synopsis: On 8th May 1902, the citizens of Saint-Pierre, Martinique, huddled together in their spectacular cathedral of Notre Dame. Mont Pelee, 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.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Returns: Returnable
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