The Greatest Disaster Stories Ever Told: Seventeen Harrowing Tales
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: "The Lyons Press, which clearly isn't one to abandon a winning formula, has now published more than 15 "The Greatest...Stories" anthologies, covering such topics as fishing, hunting, sailing and flying. But while the formula may be familiar, the articles themselves are fresh and involving. The disaster collection continues the high quality of the series with superb pieces." --Tribune & Times (Tampa area)
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Although the phrase "greatest disaster stories" sounds like a front-rank qualifier as an oxymoron, this title aptly describes the intent of this anthology: to bring together in a single volume the most interesting, readable, and compassionate accounts of events so catastrophic they will never be forgotten. In the disaster accounts presented here, the events described run the gamut from shipwrecks to industrial catastrophe. There are plane crashes, floods, volcanic eruptions, storms, and raging fires. And, of course, the terrorist attacks on 9/11 are covered in heart-wrenching detail. With true accounts of such monumental disasters as: The 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center; the sinkings of the Titanic and the Lusitania; the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, flood; the destruction of Galveston, Texas by the deadliest hurricane in American history; the B-25 bomber crash into the Empire State Building; the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis; the runway collision between Pan Am and KLM 747s that resulted in 578 deaths; the 1996 explosion of TWA Flight 800; the Bhopal, India, toxic chemical leak, which claimed the lives of 2,500; the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy; the Chicago Orphanage fire; the Hartford Circus Fire; the New York Triangle fire and more. (6 x 9 1/4, 416 pages)
The Greatest Disaster Stories Ever Told: Seventeen Harrowing Tales
The Greatest Disaster Stories Ever Told: Seventeen Harrowing Tales,Lamar Underwood,The Lyons Press,1585746150,Case studies,Disasters,Disasters & Disaster Relief,History,History - General History,History: World,Modern - General,Reference,Nature / Natural Disasters
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