The Day the World Ended
The Mount Pelee Disaster: May 7, 1902

The Day The World Ended is a horrific detailed account of the week preceding the massive eruption of Mount Pelée on the Caribbean island of Martinique, which killed 29,000 people in 1902. The most shocking part of this book was reading about the island's corrupt public leaders who were more concerne......more

Mount Pelee is a volcano located on the island of Martinique. On April 23, 1902, the volcano began exhibiting activity. Steam and ash began erupting out of the volcano, concerning residents nearby. The activity went on with various degrees of intensity and frequency for several days. On May 5, a mas......more

Oh my dear goodness. I first encountered brief explanations of the 1902 Mt Pelee disaster in geology textbooks. Those clearly failed to capture the horrific nature of the actual disaster, which, in the end, took the lives of 30000 people. Yes, that is a three with four zeros. I do not misspeak. The......more

An astounding account, based on first-hand testimony through letters, observations, diaries, and logs (historical, nautical, religious), of the confounding stupidity, ignorance, and self-interest of humans in the face of a horrific volcanic eruption. 30,000 people wiped out in minutes, most of whom......more

Before reading this book, I had not heard of the Mt. Pelee eruption of 1902 ... and yet it completely destroyed a city in Martinique and killed very close to 30,000 people. It was much more devastating than the eruption of famed Mt. Vesuvius. The writers have poured through volumes of documentation......more