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Oregon Disasters
True Stories of Tragedy and Survival
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Artikel-Nr:
9781493013180
Veröffentl:
2015
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
15.07.2015
Seiten:
234
Autor:
Rachel Dresbeck
Gewicht:
387 g
Format:
229x152x14 mm
Serie:
Disasters Series
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
By Rachel Dresbeck
True accounts of major disasters in Oregon history are retold in this engagingly written collection. Among the true accounts dramatically retold are the deadly Mount Hood avalanche of 1927, the 1933 Tillamook forest fire (one of the worst in U.S. history), the devastating tsunami of 1964, and the 1903 flash flood in Heppner, which carried away a fourth of the town's inhabitants. 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.