Oregon Disasters: True Stories of Tragedy and Survival - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Globe Pequot PressISBN-13:9781493013180ISBN-10:1493013181UPC:9781493013180Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCTN11VQYV
Oregon Disasters: True Stories of Tragedy and Survival
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...
Series: Disasters
Language:EnglishPublisher:Globe Pequot PressISBN-13:9781493013180ISBN-10:1493013181UPC:9781493013180Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCTN11VQYV
Rachel Dresbeck is a writer and editor who lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, two children, and dog. Among other things, she is coauthor ofInsiders' Guide to Portland, Oregon, and Insiders' Guide to the Oregon Coast. The daughter of two historians, she has long meditated on the scope and variety of disasters and how they shape the human experience and test the will of people.
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
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