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The Storm

The Storm( )
Author: Defoe, Daniel
Defoe, Daniel
Editor: Hamblyn, Richard
ISBN:978-0-14-143992-1
Publication Date:May 2005
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $17.00
Book Description:

On the evening of 26th November 1703, a cyclone from the north Atlantic hammered into southern Britain at over seventy miles an hour, claiming the lives of over 8,000 people. Eyewitnesses reported seeing cows left stranded in the branches of trees and windmills ablaze from the friction of their whirling sails. For Defoe, bankrupt and just released from prison for seditious writings, the storm struck during one of his bleakest moments. But it also furnished him with the material...
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Book Details
Pages:272
Detailed Subjects: Nature / Weather
Nature / Natural Disasters
Science / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.031 x 7.722 x 0.663 Inches
Book Weight:0.453 Pounds
Author Biography
Dafoe, Daniel (Author)
Daniel Defoe was born Daniel Foe in London, England on September 13, 1660. He changed his surname in 1703, adding the more genteel "De" before his own name to suggest a higher social standing. He was a novelist, journalist, and political agent.

His writings covered a wide range of topics. His novels include Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders, Roxana, Captain Singleton, and Colonel Jack. He wrote A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain, which is an important source of English economic life, and ghost stories including A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal. He also wrote satirical poems and pamphlets and edited a newspaper. He was imprisoned and pilloried for his controversial work, The Shortest Way with the Dissenters, which suggested that all non-Conformist ministers be hanged. He died on April 24, 1731.

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