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Nature's Fury
Eyewitness Reports of Natural Disasters
By Vogel, Carole Garbuny
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-59011-502-5
- Publisher
- New York : Scholastic Reference, c2000.
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Reviewed on May 1, 2001
Gr 5-7 Vogel, the self-described "Queen of Natural Disasters," resents 13 calamities, based in part on published accounts and on her own interviews with survivors. The events range from the huge blizzards that hit New York City in 1888 and Buffalo in 1977 to the Dustbowl; the hurricane that wiped out Galveston in 1900; the eruption of Mount St. Helens; the Big Thompson Canyon flash flood of 1976; and the little-known Great Peshtigo Fire, which lost its press coverage to the concurrent Great Ch...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
