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Texas Disasters: True Stories of Tragedy and Survival

By Mike Cox

Book information

Publisher
Globe Pequot
Year
2015
ISBN
9781493013173, 9781493013166
LCC
F386.6 .C69 2015
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
35 MB (36284043 bytes)
Series
Disasters Series
Edition
2
Pages
288\288
Time added
2023-08-29 09:19:23
Disasters - Texas - History

Description

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 and the heroism of those who helped others, often risking their own lives in rescue efforts.

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