American Disasters: 201 Calamities that Shook the NationCheckmark Books, 2008 - 461 pages Covers more than 200 of the most significant, life-altering disasters, including hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, fires, massacres, riots, assassinations, rebellions, shipwrecks, collisions, epidemics, plagues, depressions, explosions, tornadoes, blizzards, poisonings, scandals, bombings, bridge collapses, environmental calamities, and more. |
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