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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: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, c2010.
Subjects:
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1865-1898.
Heat waves (Meteorology) > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Mortality > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Roosevelt, Theodore, > 1858-1919.
Bryan, William Jennings, > 1860-1925.
New York (N.Y.) > Biography.
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Summary: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 shows, Bryan's hopes for the presidency began to flag amidst the abhorrent heat just as a bright young police commissioner named Theodore Roosevelt was scrambling to mitigate the dangerously high temperatures.
Physical Description:xv, 288 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780465013364 (alk. paper)
0465013368 (alk. paper)
Author Notes:Edward P. Kohn is assistant professor of American History and Chair of the American Culture and Literature Department at Bilkent University. His previous works include 'This Kindred People'. He lives in Ankara, Turkey.

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