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Chargement... The Tide in the Attic (1959)par Aleid Van Rhijn
   Favorite Childhood Books (961) Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  fuzzi | Mar 3, 2013 |   The Tide in the Attic is a young adult novel which follows a fictional family through the terrors of that night, January 31 to February 1, 1953. Some neighbors saw trouble ahead and evacuated. Most drove their livestock to higher ground. Those who stayed behind with their homes had to continually move higher as the water rose. In this book, the Wielemaker family, along with their farm hand, a cat, dog and goat, stay put on Sunset Farm, which is on a 'polder' (a low-lying tract of land enclosed by dikes). The men try to make all the buildings secure as the storm grows near. The women gather food, warm clothing and coverings and move those goods higher as the water rises. Through a sleepless night, the family in the attic listen to their buildings disintegrating. As the water gets too deep in the attic, they punch a hole through the roof and spend the rest of the night sitting miserably freezing on the rooftop awaiting rescue. Those rescued were taken to Duivenisse, which remained above the flood; the queen visited there in the days following. I had no previous knowledge of this event, and found this book to be a good introduction, though not very deeply informative; I found myself searching more online. (  )1  countrylife | Aug 31, 2011 |  pszolovits | Feb 3, 2021 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
First published in its original Dutch version in 1953, this is the English translation of Een helicopter daalde, which tells the story of a family in the Netherlands caught up in the middle of the 1953 North Sea flood disaster, brought on by a heavy storm that occurred on the night of Saturday, 31 January 1953 and morning of Sunday, 1 February 1953. The floods struck the Netherlands, Belgium, England and Scotland. A combination of a high spring tide and a severe European windstorm over the North Sea caused a storm tide; the combination of wind, high tide, and low pressure led to a water level of more than 5.6 meters (18.4 ft) above mean sea level in some locations. The flood and waves overwhelmed sea defenses and caused extensive flooding. The Netherlands, a country with 20% of its territory below mean sea level and 50% less than 1 meter (3.3 ft) above sea level and which relies heavily on sea defenses, was worst affected, recording 1,836 deaths and widespread property damage. Most of the casualties occurred in the southern province of Zeeland. Although this book is classed as a children's novel, it will appeal to readers from eight to eighty years old. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The story is based upon a massive flood that overwhelmed the dikes and seawalls of The Netherlands in 1953. While not graphic, the author paints a tense and scary picture of one farming family and their struggle to survive the ever-rising flood waters.
This was a Weekly Reader book from 1962, but it is not a children's book. I read it as a youth of about 10 or so, yet it is also well suited as an adult read. (