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The Leeward Side

By: Whitney Balliett
Narrated by: Gary Telles
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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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