Bibliograph

Disasters, natural and man-made catastrophes through the centuries, Brenda Z. Guiberson

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Disasters, natural and man-made catastrophes through the centuries, Brenda Z. Guiberson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-218) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Disasters

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

324731240

Responsibility statement

Brenda Z. Guiberson

Sub title

natural and man-made catastrophes through the centuries

Summary

"Natural and man-made disasters have the power to destroy thousands of lives very quickly. Both as they unfold and in the aftermath, these forces of nature astonish the rest of the world with their incredible devastation and magnitude. In this collection of ten well-known catastrophes ... Brenda Guiberson explores the causes and effects, as well as the local and global reverberations of these calamitous events."--barnesandnoble.com

Table Of Contents

Smallpox: the parasitic horror -- Great Chicago fire: October 8, 1871 -- Johnstown flood: May 31, 1889 -- San Francisco shaking: April 18, 1906 -- Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire: March 25, 1911 -- Titanic: April 15, 1912 -- Blue skin and bloody sputum: pandemic flu of 1918 -- No water, no jobs, no relief: the Dust Bowl of the 1930s -- Mammoth shakes and monster waves, destruction in 12 countries: December 26, 2004 -- Hurricane Katrina and the drowning of New Orleans: August 29, 2005

Target audience

adolescent

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Creator