Geoff Partlow, a freelance writer of both fiction and non-fiction, was a resident of southern Illinois for over forty years. He now lives with his wife, Sarah, in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
"This account of the deadly tornado of March 18, 1925,
chronologically follows the track of the storm as it destroyed
homes, farms, and businesses. Freelance writer Partlow collected
the statements of eyewitnesses and victims along with news reports
of the deadly and destructive effects across Missouri, Indiana, and
especially southern Illinois, an area locally referred to as
'Egypt, ' to create this book [which is] moving and...accurate. The
book includes many black-and-white photographs and an appendix,
'Rosters of the Dead by Town.'"--CHOICE
"So few people have any understanding of this event and its
aftermath. . . . It needs to become a part of the history of
southern Illinois."--Jim Brigham, longtime southern Illinois
community leader and businessman, former president of the Southern
Illinois University Foundation "By all accounts, the 1925 Tri-State
Tornado ranks as one of the modern era's fiercest and most
destructive weather events. . . . Geoff Partlow's account of the
disaster succeeds primarily as a window onto the enormity of
physical destruction and the depth of human suffering. . . . In the
final chapter . . . the author tackles some meaty historical
questions. Assessing the tornado's long-term impact, Partlow holds
it responsible for the economic and demographic collapse of the
southern Illinois district known informally as Egypt. . . .This
calamity of tremendous proportions deserves a place in the region's
collective memory and Partlow's readable and moving chronicle will
certainly facilitate remembrance." -Andrew Hurley, Journal of
Illinois History
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