THE RAGING SEA: THE HEROIC STORY OF AMERICA’S WORST TIDAL WAVE
Book ID/图书代码： 14780005B01096
English Summary/英文概要： On Good Friday, 1964, the town of Crescent City, California was bustling as it prepared for the long Easter weekend. No one there knew that thousands of miles away, an earthquake registering 8.4 on the Richter scale was tearing through Alaska. And no one knew the quake would set off a series of tidal waves that would stretch across the Pacific and right to their back doors—turning some residents into victims, and others into heroes? Author Dennis M. Powers has written the first book ever devoted to the shocking event that all but destroyed scenic Crescent City—and tested the fortitude of its 3,000 residents. Weaving together historical research with the compelling accounts of survivors, Powers re-creates the events of the fateful night when thirty city blocks were ravaged, 289 homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed, and eleven people lost their lives.
But The Raging Sea is not just the stunning, well-crafted account of a real-life natural disaster. Chronicling the moment-by-moment efforts of several local heroes, it is the story of the remarkable courage displayed by those who came together before, during, and after the tsunami to save the lives of friends and strangers—often at the risk or even loss of their own. It’s the story of how Crescent City rose up from the ashes of disaster to face its new, if uncertain, future—and a testimonial to the iron will and spirit of a community determined to survive.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一个晚上，一场灾难，整个美国小镇转瞬间销声匿迹
1964那年的耶苏受难节，加利福尼亚的新月市年市一片繁荣、熙攘的景象，大家都沉浸在即将到来的悠长复活节假日的喜庆中。没有人知道相隔几千英里之外的阿拉斯加，一场里氏8.4级的大地震正把那里搞的天翻地覆。没人会料到这场地震会引发太平洋上一波又一波地海啸，而且已经刮到了新月市的后门口了。海啸夺走了一些人的生命，但是它更造就了一批英雄人物。
《咆哮的大海》是第一本撰写那场惊天动地、近乎摧毁整个风景如画的新月市可怕海啸的书-----------在这场海啸中，新月市3000名居民们的意志力也得到了充分的考验。作者DENNIS M. POWERS通过大量的历史研究并结合幸存者可信的口述描绘，重现了那个可怕夜晚------- 市区里的30幢公寓房屋受到破坏，289间房屋和企业单位遭到破坏或者完全被摧毁，11个人丢了性命。
尽管如此，《咆哮的大海》还不仅仅只是抒写了现实生活中的一场自然灾害，一点一滴地记录下了当地居民们所表现出的英勇行为，以感人的语言生动地刻画了一群在海啸发生、高潮以及退潮这段时间内才凑到一起的英勇人物所表现出的非凡勇气，他们不惜冒险、甚至牺牲性命，去拯救朋友乃至素昧平生的陌生人。同时，《咆哮的大海》还展现了新月市如何从废墟中挺拔起来，勇敢地面对不确定的全新未来------也见证了新月市居民们钢铁般的意志和斗志。
Awards/获奖情况：作者简介：DENNIS M. POWERS是位全职律师，专攻商法，于十年前投身专职写作。出版过多部作品，其中5本是非小说类，在写此书前，他花了近十年的时间研究新月市的故事。POWERS毕业于哈佛商学院，现在担任南俄勒冈州立大学的商学院的教授。
About the Author/作者介绍： Dennis M. Powers was a full-time attorney specializing in business law before turning his concentration to writing ten years ago. He is the author of five published nonfiction books, among other publications, and has been researching the story of the Crescent City tidal wave for over ten years. A graduate of the Harvard Business School, he is currently a full professor in the School of Business at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon, where he resides with his wife, Judy, three cats, one dog, and libraries of books.
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