Disasters : natural and man-made catastrophes through the centuries / Brenda Z. Guiberson.
"Taking on a theme with great dramatic appeal, each of the book's 10 chapters presents a notable disaster: outbreaks of smallpox in North America beginning in the 1600s, the Great Chicago Fire, the Johnstown Flood, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the sinking of the Titanic, the 1918 flu pandemic, the 1930s Dust Bowl, the 2004 tsunami, and the drowning of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina."--Amazon.com.
Record details
- ISBN: 0805081704
- ISBN: 9780805081701
- ISBN: 9781250050663
- Physical Description: 228 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Henry Holt, 2010.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Christy Ottaviano Books." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-218) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Smallpox: the parasitic horror -- Great Chicago fire: October 8, 1871 -- Johnstown flood: May 31, 1889 -- San Francisco shaking: April 18, 1906 -- Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire: March 25, 1911 -- Titanic: April 15, 1912 -- Blue skin and bloody sputum: pandemic flu of 1918 -- No water, no jobs, no relief: the Dust Bowl of the 1930s -- Mammoth shakes and monster waves, destruction in 12 countries: December 26, 2004 -- Hurricane Katrina and the drowning of New Orleans: August 29, 2005. |
Target Audience Note: | 1080L Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.9 7 137466. |
Awards Note: | A Junior Library Guild selection |
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Subject: | Natural disasters > Juvenile literature. Disasters > Juvenile literature. |
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- 17 of 17 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
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