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Paperback / softback. New. A one-of-a-kind reference book, Tennessee Tragedies examines a wide variety of disasters that have occurred in the Volunteer State over the past several centuries. Intended for both general readers and emergency management professionals, it covers natural disasters such as floods, tornadoes, and earthquakes; technological events such as explosions, transportation wrecks, and structure fires; and societal incidents including labour strikes, political violence, lynchings, and other hate crimes. At the centre of the book are descriptive accounts of 150 of the state's most severe events. These range from smallpox epidemics in the eighteenth century to the epic floods of 1936-37, from the Sultana riverboat disaster of 1865 (the worst inland marine accident in U.S. history) to the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Included as well are stories of plane crashes, train wrecks, droughts, economic panics, and race riots. An extensive chronology provides…
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Tennessee Tragedies: Natural, Technological, and Societal Disasters in the Volunteer State Paperback - 2012 - 1st Edition
by Allen R. Coggins
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- Title Tennessee Tragedies: Natural, Technological, and Societal Disasters in the Volunteer State
- Author Allen R. Coggins
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 392
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Univ Tennessee Press
- Date 2012
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9781572338418 / 1572338415
- Weight 1.74 lbs (0.79 kg)
- Dimensions 10.01 x 8.01 x 0.95 in (25.43 x 20.35 x 2.41 cm)
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Themes
- Geographic Orientation: Tennessee
- Library of Congress subjects Tennessee - History, Disasters - Tennessee
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011033170
- Dewey Decimal Code 976.8
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- Reference and Research Bk News, 04/01/2012, Page 40
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