"Cherie Burns's new book is not only a riveting and wonderfully written
account of one of the worst storms of the century, it is a marvelous portrait of an era
and a region. A must for all New Englanders and lovers of the sea."
Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Heart of the Sea and Sea of Glory

On the night of September 20, 1938, the news on the radio was full of Hitler's pending
invasion of Czechoslovakia. In a matter of hours, however, a hurricane of unprecedented
force would tear through one of the wealthiest and most populated stretches of coastline
in America, obliterating communities from Long Island to Providence, destroying entire
fishing fleets from Montauk to Narragansett Bay, and leaving seven hundred people dead.

Using newspaper reports, survivor testimony, and archival sources, Cherie Burns reconstructs
this harrowing day and the amazing tales of heroism, survival, and loss that occurred. Those
who survived still remember the Great Hurricane as the most terrifying moment of their lives.
Burns's masterful storytelling follows the storm's monstrous path and preserves for posterity
the way the Great Hurricane changed New England forever.

Cherie Burns is a writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, People, Glamour, US, New York, and other publications. This is her second book.

Anna Fields has found her true home behind the microphone after beginning her career on the stage in Washington, D.C. She has garnered several AudioFile Earphones Awards and won the coveted Audie Award in 2004.