Best History Books about Disasters

1
Triangle: The Fire that Changed America
door David Von Drehle
1,213 leden
34 besprekingen
3.9
5 Members
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2
Krakatau de dag dat de wereld ontplofte 27 augustus 1883
door Simon Winchester
4,139 leden
122 besprekingen
3.8
5 Members
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3
Hirosjima
door John Hersey
1,967 leden
37 besprekingen
4.1
4 Members
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4
De metereoloog en de storm. Roman
door Erik Larson
4,072 leden
136 besprekingen
4
4 Members
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5
Overleven het verhaal van de vliegramp in de Andes
door Piers Paul Read
2,370 leden
64 besprekingen
4
4 Members
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6
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
door Douglas Brinkley
851 leden
19 besprekingen
4
3 Members
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7
De ijle lucht in het verslag van een huiveringwekkende Mount Everest-expeditie
door Jon Krakauer
14,070 leden
314 besprekingen
4.2
3 Members
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8
Curse of The Narrows: The Halifax Disaster of 1917
door Laura M. Mac Donald
443 leden
21 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
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9
To Sleep with the Angels: The Story of a Fire
door David Cowan
236 leden
12 besprekingen
½ 4.4
3 Members
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10
The Johnstown Flood
door David McCullough
2,262 leden
72 besprekingen
4
3 Members
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12
The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy
door Stewart O'Nan
584 leden
26 besprekingen
4
2 Members
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13
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
door John M. Barry
1,421 leden
26 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
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14
The Children's Blizzard
door David Laskin
1,688 leden
76 besprekingen
4
2 Members
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15
Een nacht om nooit te vergeten de ondergang van de 'Titanic'
door Walter Lord
2,978 leden
63 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
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16
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
door Sheri Fink
1,523 leden
168 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
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17
Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
door Stephen Puleo
737 leden
32 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
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18
When the Mississippi Ran Backwards : Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes
door Jay Feldman
326 leden
14 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History
door Denise Gess
229 leden
10 besprekingen
3.8
Member
Helcura
20
Smoldering City: Chicagoans and the Great Fire, 1871-1874
door Karen Sawislak
23 leden
Member
eromsted
21
1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina
door Chris Rose
618 leden
27 besprekingen
4.2
Member
hipdeep
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Wij houden van Tsjernobyl: Een kroniek van de toekomst
door Svetlana Alexievich
2,339 leden
78 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Member
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23
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
door Jim Dwyer
1,366 leden
50 besprekingen
4.1
Member
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Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938
door R. A. Scotti
501 leden
12 besprekingen
4
Member
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The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche
door Gary Krist
319 leden
11 besprekingen
4
Member
Helcura
26
Trapped: The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster
door Karen Tintori
97 leden
3 besprekingen
4
Member
Helcura
27
Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire, America's Deadliest Rock Concert
door John Barylick
87 leden
13 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Member
dara85
28
A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
door Simon Winchester
2,277 leden
66 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Member
AnnaClaire
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Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894
door Daniel James Brown
342 leden
14 besprekingen
4.2
Member
Helcura
30
Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917
door Michael Punke
81 leden
3 besprekingen
4
Member
Helcura
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Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest
door Beck Weathers
463 leden
17 besprekingen
3.2
Member
Helcura