Texas disasters : true stories of tragedy and survival / Mike Cox.
True accounts of major disasters in Texas history are retold in this engagingly written collection. In this part of the country tornadoes are a frequent threat, but in addition to the many violent twisters, Texas residents have experienced fires, floods, drought, blizzards, shipwrecks, and other dev...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Guilford, Connecticut :
Globe Pequot,
[2015]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Disasters series.
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| Summary: | True accounts of major disasters in Texas history are retold in this engagingly written collection. In this part of the country tornadoes are a frequent threat, but in addition to the many violent twisters, Texas residents have experienced fires, floods, drought, blizzards, shipwrecks, and other devastating events, including a yellow fever epidemic in 1867, which earned that year the grim moniker ""The Year of Death."" Each story reveals not only the circumstances surrounding the disaster and the magnitude of the devastation but also the courage and ingenuity displayed by those who survived an. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 263 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-263) |
| ISBN: | 9781493013173 1493013173 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |