Hot Time in the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt (Large Print 16pt)
Language: English
19th Century Bryan; William Jennings General Heat Waves (Meteorology) Heat Waves (Meteorology) - New York (State) - New York - History - 19th Century Heat Waves (Meteorology) - Social Aspects - New York (State) - New York - History - 19th Century History Middle Atlantic (DC; DE; MD; NJ; NY; PA) Mortality Mortality - New York (State) - New York - History - 19th Century New York New York (N.Y.) New York (N.Y.) - Environmental Conditions New York (N.Y.) - History - 1865-1898 New York (N.Y.) - Social Conditions - 19th Century New York (State) Roosevelt; Theodore Social Aspects State & Local United States
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Published: Mar 15, 2011
Description:
One of the worst natural disasters in American history, the 1896 New York City heat wave killed almost 1,500 people in ten oppressively hot days. The heat coincided with a pitched presidential contest between William McKinley and upstart Democrat William Jennings Bryan, who arrived in New York at the height of the catastrophe. Showing how Bryan's hopes for the presidency began to flag just as a bright, young police commissioner named Theodore Roosevelt was scrambling to aid the city's poor, Hot Time in the Old Town vividly captures both the birth of the Progressive Era and one of New York's greatest--yet least-remembered--tragedies.