Kohn, Edward P.

Hot Time in the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt

New York: Basic Books, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket.

No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling and a date on the top of the front free endpage.

One of the worst natural disasters in American history, the 1896 New York heat wave killed almost 1,500 people in ten oppressively hot days. A bright young police commissioner named Theodore Roosevelt was scrambling to mitigate the dangerously high temperatures by hosing down streets and handing out ice to the poor. A vivid narrative that captures the birth of the progressive era.

Item #014175
ISBN: 9780465013364

Price: $14.95