Texas Disasters

True Stories of Tragedy and Survival, Second Edition

Mike Cox

True accounts of major disasters in Texas history are retold in this engagingly written collection. In this part of the country tornadoes are a frequent threat, but in addition to the many violent twisters, Texas residents have experienced fires, floods, drought, blizzards, shipwrecks, and other devastating events, including a yellow fever epidemic in 1867, which earned that year the grim moniker "The Year of Death." 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, often risking their own lives in rescue efforts.

Globe Pequot

Pages: 288 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-4930-1316-6 • Paperback • July 2015 • $16.95 • (£12.99)

978-1-4930-1317-3 • eBook • July 2015 • $15.99 • (£11.99)

Series: Disasters Series

Subjects: History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX), History / United States / General

Texas Disasters

True Stories of Tragedy and Survival, Second Edition

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Summary

True accounts of major disasters in Texas history are retold in this engagingly written collection. In this part of the country tornadoes are a frequent threat, but in addition to the many violent twisters, Texas residents have experienced fires, floods, drought, blizzards, shipwrecks, and other devastating events, including a yellow fever epidemic in 1867, which earned that year the grim moniker "The Year of Death." 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, often risking their own lives in rescue efforts.

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Globe Pequot

Pages: 288 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-4930-1316-6 • Paperback • July 2015 • $16.95 • (£12.99)

978-1-4930-1317-3 • eBook • July 2015 • $15.99 • (£11.99)

Series: Disasters Series

Subjects: History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX), History / United States / General

Author

Mike Cox is the author of a dozen books on Texas history and other subjects. He was the communications manager for the Texas Department of Transportation while Texas absorbed hundreds of thousands of evacuees during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Before that, he spent fifteen years with the Texas Department of Public Safety as a public information officer and was a newspaper reporter--all good research for writing about disasters and rescue efforts in Texas.

Texas Disasters

True Stories of Tragedy and Survival, Second Edition

Mike Cox

Texas Disasters

True Stories of Tragedy and Survival, Second Edition

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