Disasters that shook the world

Cush, Cathie 1957- (Author).

Summary: Describes twenty famous disasters, from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, to the sinking of the Titanic, to Hurricanes Andrew and Iniki.

Item details

ISBN: 0811449297
ISBN: 9780811449298
Physical Description: print
48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 29 cm.
Publisher: Austin, Tex. : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c1994.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Vesuvius explodes -- The black death -- Destruction of the native Americans -- The great London fire -- The Irish famine -- The great Chicago fire -- Krakatoa's eruption -- The San Francisco earthquake (1906) -- The sinking of the Titanic -- World flu epidemic -- The Bangladesh cyclone (1970) -- Famine in Etheopia and Somolia -- The AIDS epidemic -- Bhopal chemical disaster -- The Challenger explosion -- Nuclear explosion at Chernobyl -- The Exxon Valdez oil spill -- The death of the Aral Sea -- The Gulf War oil disaster -- Hurricanes Andrew and Iniki.

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