Title: America's great disasters
Subtitle: by Martin W. Sandler.
First published: 2003
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.
Subjects: Anecdotes, History, Juvenile literature, Disasters, Disasters, juvenile literature, United states, history, juvenile literature, United states, history
Places: United States
LC classification: E179 .S217 2003