Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood by Cynthia A. Kierner

Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood

Cynthia A. Kierner

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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When hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, and other disasters strike, we count our losses, search for causes, commiserate with victims, and initiate relief efforts. Amply illustrated and expansively researched, Inventing Disaster explains the origi...

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