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Disasters by Brenda Z. Guiberson

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Disasters

Author
Brenda Z. Guiberson
Narrator
Nelson Runger
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc.
Publish Date
25 January 2013
Run Time
6 hours 6 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Rocks, weather and physical world
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Natural and man-made disasters have the power to destroy thousands of lives very quickly. Both as they unfold and in the aftermath, these forces of nature astonish the rest of the world with their incredible devastation and magnitude. In this collection of ten well-known catastrophes such as the great Chicago fire, the sinking of the Titanic, and hurricane Katrina, Brenda Guiberson explores the causes and effects, as well as the local and global reverberations of these calamitous events. Highlighted with photographs and drawings, each compelling account tells the story of destruction and devastation, and most especially, the power of mankind to persevere in the face of adversity.

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Author
Brenda Z. Guiberson
Narrator
Nelson Runger
Duration
6 hours 6 minutes
Release Date
25 January 2013
ISBN
9781470355029
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc.
Genre
Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Rocks, weather and physical world

Synopsis

Natural and man-made disasters have the power to destroy thousands of lives very quickly. Both as they unfold and in the aftermath, these forces of nature astonish the rest of the world with their incredible devastation and magnitude. In this collection of ten well-known catastrophes such as the great Chicago fire, the sinking of the Titanic, and hurricane Katrina, Brenda Guiberson explores the causes and effects, as well as the local and global reverberations of these calamitous events. Highlighted with photographs and drawings, each compelling account tells the story of destruction and devastation, and most especially, the power of mankind to persevere in the face of adversity.

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