Upheaval in Charleston earthquake and murder on the eve of Jim Crow / [electronic resource] :
Susan Millar Williams, Stephen G. Hoffius.
- Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2011.
- xiv, 340 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface : living with disaster -- The great shock -- Seeds of destruction -- "The earthquake is upon us!" -- A world turned upside down -- The earthquake hunters -- Aftershocks -- An angry God -- Labor Day -- "Bury the dead and feed the living" -- The comforts of science -- Relief -- Waiting for the apocalypse -- Rising from the ruins -- The old joy of combat -- Wrapped in the stars and stripes -- Fault lines -- Standing over a volcano -- Killing Captain Dawson -- The trial -- Epilogue : rebuilding the walls.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.