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Autore |
Dresbeck Rachel |
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Oregon disasters : true stories of tragedy and survival / / Rachel Dresbeck |
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Guilford, Connecticut : , : Globe Pequot, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (230 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Natural disasters - Oregon |
Disasters - Oregon |
Oregon |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN ITS WAKE The Heppner Flood (1903); CHAPTER 2 DEAD MAN'S HOTEL The Wreck of the Mimi (1913); CHAPTER 3 PORT TOWN IN FLAMES The Astoria Fire (1922); CHAPTER 4 DANGEROUS SLOPES The Mazamas on Coe Glacier (1927); CHAPTER 5 "JUST ONE MORE LOG" The Tillamook Burn (1933); CHAPTER 6 HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW The Vanport Flood (1948); CHAPTER 7 ARCTIC ILLUSIONS Three Blizzards (1950); CHAPTER 8 IT LOOKED LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD The Roseburg Blast (1959); CHAPTER 9 AN OCTOBER ODDITY The Columbus Day Storm (1962) |
CHAPTER 10 A COASTAL CATASTROPHE Tsunami (1964)CHAPTER 11 A WET CHRISTMAS The Willamette River Flood (1964); CHAPTER 12 MAYDAY IN AUGUST The Brookings-Harbor Rescues (1972); CHAPTER 13 "WE'RE GOING DOWN" The Last Journey of Flight 173 (1978); CHAPTER 14 "THIS IS IT!" The Eruption of Mount St. Helens (1980); CHAPTER 15 TRAGEDY ON MOUNT HOOD The Oregon Episcopal School Climb (1986); CHAPTER 16 BURNING FIELDS Chain-Reaction Car Accident (1988); CHAPTER 17 A WET AND WILD WINTER Raging Waters (1995-1996); CHAPTER 18 COOS BAY CATASTROPHE The Wreck of the New Carissa (1999) |
CHAPTER 19 BEWARE THE BERGSCHRUND Mount Hood Climbing |
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Accident (2002)CHAPTER 20 WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES The Biscuit Fire (2002); CHAPTER 21 FATAL ERROR The Sinking of the Taki-Tooo (2003); Bibliography; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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, |
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