Disaster! :: Stories of Destruction and Death in Nineteenth-Century New Jersey /

In Disaster!, Alan A. Siegel brings readers face-to-face with twenty-eight of the deadliest natural and human-caused calamities to strike New Jersey between 1821 and 1906. Accounts of fires, steamboat explosions, shipwrecks, train wrecks, and storms are told in the words of the people who experience...

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1. Verfasser: Siegel, Alan A., 1939-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2014.
©2013
Schriftenreihe:Rivergate Regionals Collection.
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Zusammenfassung:In Disaster!, Alan A. Siegel brings readers face-to-face with twenty-eight of the deadliest natural and human-caused calamities to strike New Jersey between 1821 and 1906. Accounts of fires, steamboat explosions, shipwrecks, train wrecks, and storms are told in the words of the people who experienced the events firsthand, lending a sense of immediacy to each story. These and many other stories of forgotten acts of courage in the face of danger will make Disaster! an unforgettable read.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813564609
0813564603
1306370175
9781306370172
081356459X
9780813564593

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