Hot time in the old town : the great heat wave of 1896 and the making of Theodore Roosevelt /

The 1896 New York heat wave that killed almost 1,500 people in ten oppressively hot days coincided with a pitched presidential contest between William McKinley and the upstart Democrat William Jennings Bryan, who arrived in New York City at the height of the catastrophe. As historian Edward P. Kohn...

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Main Author:	Kohn, Edward P (Edward Parliament), 1968-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, [2010], ©2010 New York : c2010 New York : ©2010 New York : [2010]
Subjects:	Bryan, William Jennings, > 1860-1925 Roosevelt, Theodore, > 1858-1919 National Book Committee 1800 - 1899 1800-1899 1865-1898 19th century Heat waves (Meteorology) > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century Heat waves (Meteorology) > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century Mortality > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century Cholera > history Gastrointestinal Diseases > history Heat Stroke > history Mortality > history Mortalité > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 19e siècle Vagues de chaleur > Aspect social > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 19e siècle Vagues de chaleur > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 19e siècle Ecology Environmental conditions Heat waves (Meteorology) History Mortality Social conditions Social history New York (N.Y.) > Biography New York (N.Y.) > Environmental conditions New York (N.Y.) > History > 1865-1898 New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 19th century New York (N.Y.) > Histoire > 1865-1898 New York (State) > New York Biography Biographies collective biographies

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