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"The Storm" by Daniel Defoe is a work of journalism published in 1704. It documents the catastrophic Great Storm of 1703 that devastated London and Britain's coastline. Using an innovative method, Defoe collected and compiled sixty eyewitness accounts from survivors who experienced the week-long tempest. The work describes demolished homes, destroyed forests, shipwrecked vessels, and remarkable tales of survival, creating what has been called the first substantial work of modern journalism. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 77358613 |
| Title | The Storm or, a Collection of the most Remarkable Casualties and Disasters which Happen'd in the Late Dreadful Tempest, both by Sea and Land |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Storm_(Daniel_Defoe) |
| Credits | Produced by Steven Gibbs, Eleni Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 53.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | QC: Science: Physics |
| Subject | Storms -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 42234 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2013 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 773 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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