| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 263 pages) |
| Series |
Disasters Series |
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Disasters series.
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| Contents |
"Most of us will perish": lost Spanish fleet (1554) -- Yellow Jack came to Texas: the year of death (1867) -- "The town is gone": Indianola hurricanes (1875 and 1886) -- "All washed away": Ben Ficklin flood (1882) -- A city in ruins: Galveston hurricane (1900) -- "God seemed nigh": Goliad tornado (1902) -- The end of the line: Locomotive 704 explosion (1912) -- Fire strikes twice: Paris goes up in flames (1916) -- Deadly drought-breaker: Central Texas flood (1921) -- "Blown away": Rocksprings tornado (1927) -- The day a generation died: New London School explosion (1937) -- Deadliest fire in Texas: Houston's Gulf Hotel blaze (1943) -- Fuel to the fire: Texas City explosion (1947) -- "They're catching hell": Waco tornado (1953) -- Record-setting snowfall: Panhandle blizzard (1956) -- Building the Bermuda Triangle myth: SS Marine Sulphur Queen mystery (1963) -- Flash flood: tragedy in Terrell County (1965) -- Terrible Tuesday: Witchita Falls tornado (1979) -- "Horizontal tornadoes": the crash of Delta 191 (1985) -- One writer's experience: Hurricane Ike (2008) -- A community comes together: West explosion (2013) |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-263) |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Disasters -- Texas -- History -- Anecdotes
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Disasters
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| SUBJECT |
Texas -- History, Local -- Anecdotes
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| Subject |
Texas
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| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes
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History
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Local history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020739303 |
| ISBN |
9781493013173 |
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1493013173 |
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