• Published by Facts on File

From the ?starving time? at Jamestown, the smallpox epidemic during the Revolutionary War, and the ?year without a summer? in 1816 to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the San Francisco earthquake, and the terrorist attacks of 9/11, disasters and crises have profoundly shaped American history. These catastrophic events have not only upended people's lives and wreaked untold havoc, they have often transformed society and demarcated one era from another. Hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, epidemics, riots, assassinations, rebellions, shipwrecks, collisions, plagues, explosions, tornadoes, blizzards, poisonings, scandals, bombings, bridge collapses, dam failures, environmental calamities, and others, this volume covers 201 of the most significant calamities and crises in American history. Each chapter focuses on one major catastrophe, examining its cause, initial moment, the sensation of living through it, the immediate and long range response, and its lasting impact and enduring legacy. Vividly capturing the most haunting and traumatic moments in our nation's past, Disasters, Accidents, and Crises in American History provides a thrilling and informative account of U.S. history.

• Published/Released: June 2010
• Original Copyright: 2008
• ISBN 13: 9781438130125
• ISBN 10: 1438130120
• Product number: 255546
• Shipping Weight: 1.00 lbs (0.45 kgs)

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