Historic Storms of New England: Its Gales, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Showers with Thunder and Lightning . . .

by Sidney Perley

A reissue of the classic book of historic New England storms, first published in 1891 by Sidney Perley (1858-1928).

302 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2001

About the author

Sidney Perley was an American lawyer, writer, poet, editor, and historian.

Reviews

[Charlie Newfell · Rating 4 out of 5]

The writing is a bit odd, and flavored by the times in which it is written. But this is an important work. Most of early New England weather history is lost -- except for much of what is written here.

[Thor · Rating 3 out of 5]

An odd book. Thanks to the author for compiling such a sweep of information, almost in a curio-like fashion. Though the organization is straightforward --a sequence of momentus events-- the internal organization of each chapter wanders from anecdote to anecdote. The best thing for me are the pithy sentences of real experiences culled from newspaper articles and eyewitness accounts.