Lafcadio Hearn 
Chita: un Recuerdo de la Última Isla (Translated) 
Chita: A Memory of Last Island, Spanish edition

Chita was a young white girl adopted by Spanish parents. The novella was based on the hurricane of 1856. The barrier island of L'Ile Dernicre was totally destroyed and swept into the sea. The story tells of good people living on the edge of an abyss and the brutality of nature.