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MASSACHUSETTS DISASTERS True Stories of Tragedy and Survival Paperback - 2006
by PLETCHER, LARRY
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Details
- Title MASSACHUSETTS DISASTERS True Stories of Tragedy and Survival
- Author PLETCHER, LARRY
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Fine
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher INSIDERS' GUIDE, GUILFORD, CT
- Date 2006
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 041374
- ISBN 9780762739882 / 0762739886
- Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 8.98 x 6.04 x 0.68 in (22.81 x 15.34 x 1.73 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: New England
- Geographic Orientation: Massachusetts
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006017418
- Dewey Decimal Code 974.4
From the publisher
From the rear cover
It's only human to be fascinated by disasters--and uplifted by reports of survival in the face of overwhelming circumstances. Larry Pletcher takes you back to Massachusetts's most catastrophic events, vividly re-creating the moments that changed the Bay State forever. The twenty-one true stories in Massachusetts Disasters are a chilling reminder to expect the unexpected and to respect the powerful, often deadly forces of nature.Experience the drama of: Boston's fight from the brink of destruction during the great fire of 1872 The blizzard of 1888--New England's benchmark winter stormThe 1919 deadly rupture of a two-million-gallon container of molassaesThe 1942 Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire that took nearly 500 livesThe 1956 rescue of the passengers and crew of the Andrea DoriaThe underground miracle in the 1990 AMTRAK crash
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Citations
- Kliatt, 01/01/2007, Page 40