LOWCOUNTRY HURRICANES: THREE CENTURIES OF STORMS AT SEA AND ASHORE

LOWCOUNTRY HURRICANES: THREE CENTURIES OF STORMS AT SEA AND ASHORE Walter j. Fraser jr., 2006, 329 pp., $24.95, hardbound, University of Georgia Press, ISBN 0-820-32866-9

Walter Fraser brings the unique per- spective of viewing hurricane events and impacts from a historian, par- ticularly in relation to environmental his- tory. The hurricane impacts of Georgia and South Carolina back to the late 1600s were examined from useful primary sources, especially from newspapers, which contain detailed original accounts that were written very soon after hurricane events. Detailed impacts include aspects of hurricane damage on economic development, rice plantations, maritime activities, …