Disaster! : stories of destruction and death in nineteenth-century New Jersey / Alan A. Siegel.

Author
Siegel, Alan A., 1939- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2014.
  • New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2014]
  • ©2014
Description
1 online resource (vi, 210 pages) : illustrations.

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Summary note
In Disaster!, Alan A. Siegel brings readers face-to-face with twenty-eight of the deadliest natural and human-caused calamities to strike New Jersey between 1821 and 1906. Accounts of fires, steamboat explosions, shipwrecks, train wrecks, and storms are told in the words of the people who experienced the events firsthand, lending a sense of immediacy to each story. These and many other stories of forgotten acts of courage in the face of danger will make Disaster! an unforgettable read.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-204) and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
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Description based on print version record.
ISBN
  • 9780813564609 (electronic bk.)
  • 0813564603 (electronic bk.)
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