Howell's Storm: New York City's Official Rainmaker and the 1950 Drought by Jim Leeke

Howell's Storm: New York City's Official Rainmaker and the 1950 Drought

Jim Leeke

272 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction biography history science informative fast-paced
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More than half a century ago, New York City suffered from a drought that lasted through 1949 and into 1950. By February, the desperate city had to try something different. Mayor William O'Dwyer hired a municipal rainmaker. Dr. Wallace E. Howell wa...

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