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, c2010.
Subjects:	Roosevelt, Theodore, > 1858-1919. Bryan, William Jennings, > 1860-1925. Heat waves (Meteorology) > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century. Heat waves (Meteorology) > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century. Mortality > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century. New York (N.Y.) > History > 1865-1898. New York (N.Y.) > Environmental conditions. New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 19th century. New York (N.Y.) > Biography.

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