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Against the tide
the battle for America's beaches
By Dean, Cornelia
- ISBN
- 978-0-23108-418-5
- Publisher
- New York : Columbia University Press, c1999.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 1999
YA Our beaches are eroding at an alarming rate and nothing we seem to do helps. As Dean points out, our very actions themselves are to blame for the narrowing of our coastal areas. This engaging yet informative book opens with an account of the 1990 hurricane that struck Galveston, TX, and left 6000 people dead in its wake. In a chapter called "The Big One," the author relates fascinating facts about recent hurricanes, including the implaus...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
