The Great Storm: The Hurricane Diary of J. T. King, Galveston, Texas, 1900 (Lone Star Journals)

Very good book! Accurately describes the horror the residents of Galveston went through during the storm. Should be read by every history class!

Great shape! Granddaughter loves!

Great. ReadingCant put it down!Great service

The school my grandson attends mention you all so I ordered it for his project. Thank you all I have 2 more to order. I would have left credit card information but was hacked and very uncomfortable leaving any information. I have 2 more books to order thanks.

There are a few historical fiction books similar to this one, but if you enjoy historical fiction books about the Great Storm of Galveston, add it to your collection.

I teach 4th grade Reading/Language Arts and incorporate Social Studies (which is Texas History for 4th graders in Texas). This year, we have changed our curriculum to include novel studies. We are currently reading this book and will read the other Lone Star Journals through the year, as well. Besides these 3, we will also read "A Paradise Called Texas".This book is just absolutely fabulous. I chose to read it first, since the 1900 Storm took place in September. I live and teach in Galveston, so the book has special meaning to my students. Every week, the students cheer when I pull it out for our weekly reading. Then, when I say "Ok, that is all for this week" they moan and beg for more!They are especially excited about their project for the book, a Scavenger hunt of the historical places in Galveston that were here in the 1900 Storm and are still here today. Once we have finished the book, we will take field trip to the Pier 21 Theater and watch the movie about the storm.

`" According to the newspaper, we were in for nothing we hadn't had before - some wind and some rain but little else." How wrong they were. Young JT King documents in his diary the Galveston hurricane of 1900, as he witnesses it.Figuring he is an orphan, since both of his parents have died, JT finds himself living with his grandmother, Momsie, who is the owner of a boarding house on Galveston Island. In September of 1900 the summer-folk are preparing to leave to go back home, returning the boarding house to the medical students. On the day the "fruit basket turnover" is to begin the storm arrives. Although exciting to the Galveston residents at first, the storm soon becomes dangerous and deadly as the gulf waters begin their surge to swallow up the island. JT recalls in his writing the horrific night, his strong will to survive, and his need to save those he loves. A terrific first person account of the 1900 Galveston hurricane, the story pulls the reader in just like the riptides in a stormy ocean not to let go until the shocking end.

The Great Storm takes place On Galveston Island Tx. In the beggining J.T. couldn't swim beacause it was Sabbath day (sunday). His buddies are swimming and he spots a shark. J.t.'s friend Ippy was attacked and taken to the Hospital. Then one day Clouds start rooling in and all of the sky turns dark. The Great Storm is here it floods the boardinghouse where J.T. and his Grandmother live. And the island is Toateled. All of the buildings and Houses were destroyed.