| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
Disasters series |
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Disasters series.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN ITS WAKE The Heppner Flood (1903); CHAPTER 2 DEAD MAN'S HOTEL The Wreck of the Mimi (1913); CHAPTER 3 PORT TOWN IN FLAMES The Astoria Fire (1922); CHAPTER 4 DANGEROUS SLOPES The Mazamas on Coe Glacier (1927); CHAPTER 5 "JUST ONE MORE LOG" The Tillamook Burn (1933); CHAPTER 6 HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW The Vanport Flood (1948); CHAPTER 7 ARCTIC ILLUSIONS Three Blizzards (1950); CHAPTER 8 IT LOOKED LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD The Roseburg Blast (1959); CHAPTER 9 AN OCTOBER ODDITY The Columbus Day Storm (1962) |
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CHAPTER 10 A COASTAL CATASTROPHE Tsunami (1964)CHAPTER 11 A WET CHRISTMAS The Willamette River Flood (1964); CHAPTER 12 MAYDAY IN AUGUST The Brookings-Harbor Rescues (1972); CHAPTER 13 "WE'RE GOING DOWN" The Last Journey of Flight 173 (1978); CHAPTER 14 "THIS IS IT!" The Eruption of Mount St. Helens (1980); CHAPTER 15 TRAGEDY ON MOUNT HOOD The Oregon Episcopal School Climb (1986); CHAPTER 16 BURNING FIELDS Chain-Reaction Car Accident (1988); CHAPTER 17 A WET AND WILD WINTER Raging Waters (1995-1996); CHAPTER 18 COOS BAY CATASTROPHE The Wreck of the New Carissa (1999) |
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CHAPTER 19 BEWARE THE BERGSCHRUND Mount Hood Climbing Accident (2002)CHAPTER 20 WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES The Biscuit Fire (2002); CHAPTER 21 FATAL ERROR The Sinking of the Taki-Tooo (2003); Bibliography; About the Author |
| Summary |
True accounts of major disasters in Oregon history are retold in this engagingly written collection. Among the true accounts dramatically retold are the deadly Mount Hood avalanche of 1927, the 1933 Tillamook forest fire (one of the worst in U.S. history), the devastating tsunami of 1964, and the 1903 flash flood in Heppner, which carried away a fourth of the town's inhabitants. 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 and the heroism of those who helped others, often risking their own lives in rescue efforts. publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Rachel Dresbeck is a writer and editor who lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, two children, and dog. Among other things, she is coauthor ofInsiders' Guide to Portland, Oregon, and Insiders' Guide to the Oregon Coast. The daughter of two historians, she has long meditated on the scope and variety of disasters and how they shape the human experience and test the will of people |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 14, 2015) |
| Subject |
Natural disasters -- Oregon
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Disasters -- Oregon
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Disasters
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Natural disasters
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Oregon
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781493013197 |
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149301319X |
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