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America's great disasters
Martin W. Sandler (Illustrator)
Publisher: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2003.
ISBN: 0060291079   DDC: 973   LCC: E179  

Summary:

Examines the causes and effects of such American disasters as the
sinking of the steamboat Sultana in 1871, the Johnstown Flood, the
Dust Bowl, the influenza epidemic of 1918-1919, and the Exxon Valdez
oil spill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-[96])

Classification:

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Dewey Class: 973 -- General history of North America United States
LCC Number: E179

Book Details:

Language: eng
Physical Description: 95 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

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•  University of Lethbridge (last modified on 12/31/2008)

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