Disasters and tragic events
Subtitle: an encyclopedia of catastrophes in American history
By: Mitchell Newton-Matza, editor
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, California
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781610691659; 9781610691666
Subjects: Disasters; Encyclopedias; History; Natural disasters; Violence; HISTORY / United States / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference
Description: "From the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 to the Sandy Hook school massacre of 2012, this two-volume encyclopedia surveys tragic events--natural and man-made, famous and forgotten--that helped shape American history"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Volume 1. 1650-1943; title: volume 2. 1944-2012