The 100 greatest disasters of all time:

Covers "floods, storms, droughts, blizzards, famines, typhoons, and epidemics" including "the Great Influenza Epidemic of WWI ... the Irish Potato Famine of 1846, the Calcutta Cyclone, the Plague of Justinian, the Peru Landslide, the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, the 1888 New York Ci...

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Main Author: Spignesi, Stephen J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Citadel Press 2002
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Summary:Covers "floods, storms, droughts, blizzards, famines, typhoons, and epidemics" including "the Great Influenza Epidemic of WWI ... the Irish Potato Famine of 1846, the Calcutta Cyclone, the Plague of Justinian, the Peru Landslide, the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, the 1888 New York City Blizzard, and the Dust Bowl" ... "the Chernobyl nuclear accident, the sinking of the Titanic, the Hindenburg and Challenger explosions, the Triangle Shirt Factory fire" ... "the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks and the Oklahoma City bombing ..."--Jacket flaps.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-330) and index
Physical Description:xvii, 346 p. ill. : 26 cm
ISBN:0806523417

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