America's great disasters
Subtitle: by Martin W. Sandler.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
Subjects: Disasters -- United States -- History -- Anecdotes -- Juvenile literature.; Disasters.; United States -- History -- Anecdotes -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Anecdotes; Juvenile literature.
Description: Examines the causes and effects of such American disasters as the sinking of the steamboat Sultana in 1871, the Johnstown Flood, the Dust Bowl, the influenza epidemic of 1918-1919, and the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
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CONTENTS:  The Sultana Explosion / The Johnstown Flood / The Dust Bowl / The Wisconsin Forest Fire / The Galveston Hurricane / The Blizzard of '88 / the Influenza Epidemic of 1918-19 / The San Francisco Earthquake / The Mount Saint Helens Eruption.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 95).