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Tennessee tragedies : natural, technological, and societal disasters in the Volunteer State / Allen R. Coggins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coggins, Allen R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Tennessee--History--Miscellanea.
- Tennessee.
- Disasters--Tennessee.
- Disasters.
- Genre:
- Trivia and miscellanea.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvii, 351 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- Coggins, a former disaster management expert with the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, presents this detailed chronicle of natural and human caused disaster in the state from the nineteenth century to the present day. The volume details events such as floods, storms, mine disasters, industrial accidents, railroad accidents, as well as social tragedies such as lynchings, shootouts and labor unrest. Many entries include brief snippets of contemporary news reports and black and white photographs are included throughout the text. A series of appendices provides additional information on natural disaster statistics and a compact chronology of disasters. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781572338418
- 1572338415
- OCLC:
- 741540803
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