America's great disasters

By Martin W. Sandler

Subjects: Juvenile literature, United states, history, Disasters, juvenile literature, Disasters, Anecdotes, History, United states, history, 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. --------- 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.