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The Leeward Side

By: Whitney Balliett
Narrated by: Gary Telles
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Publisher's Summary

Whitney Balliett's magnificent essay on the Great Hurricane of 1938 appeared in The New Yorker fifty years after the event. This selection is part of the full-length audiobook "Storm: Stories of Survival From Land and Sea."

©2023 Whitney Balliett (P)2023 Listen & Live Audio, Inc.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.