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This new and greatly expanded 2nd edition of a ''history of wild weather on the Jersey Shore...with harrowing eyewitness accounts'' (BOOKLIST review of the first edition) now includes Superstorm Sandy and even more weather. Illustrated with nearly 300 photographs, engravings and graphics, this large-format book is filled with vivid personal accounts from storm survivors. From the earliest recorded storms through the devastating March '62 nor'easter, the 1944 hurricane, December 1992's extreme nor'easter and Superstorm Sandy, this ''bible of Jersey Shore storms'' also touches upon the mythic nature of great storms and looks at the environmental implications of coastal living. With added color photographs, more storms, updated information, record tides and storm tracks, this new edition includes an Afterword about climate change, sea level rise, and the future of the coast.