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Alan A. Siegel - Disaster!: Stories of Destruction and Death in Nineteenth-Century New Jersey - 9780813564593 - V9780813564593
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Disaster!: Stories of Destruction and Death in Nineteenth-Century New Jersey

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Description for Disaster!: Stories of Destruction and Death in Nineteenth-Century New Jersey Hardback. .

By every measure, Hurricane Sandy was a disaster of epic proportions. The deadliest storm to strike the East Coast since Hurricane Diane in 1955, Sandy killed thirty-seven people and caused more than $30 billion in damages in 2012 to New Jersey alone. But earlier centuries experienced their own catastrophes. 

In Disaster!, Alan A. Siegel brings readers face-to-face with twenty-eight of the deadliest natural and human-caused calamities to strike New Jersey between 1821 and 1906, ranging from horrific transportation accidents to uncontrolled fires of a kind rarely seen today. As Siegel writes in his introduction, “None of the stories end well—there are ... Read more

Disasters bring out the worst as well as the best in people. Siegel focuses on the bravest individuals, including harbor pilot Thomas Freeborn who drowned while attempting to save fifty passengers and crew of a ship foundering on the Jersey Shore, and Warwicke Greene, a fourteen-year-old schoolboy who rescued the injured “like the hero of an epic poem” after a train wreck in the Hackensack Meadows. These and many other stories of forgotten acts of courage in the face of danger will make Disaster! an unforgettable read.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Series
Rivergate Regionals Collection
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813564593
SKU
V9780813564593
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Alan A. Siegel
ALAN A. SIEGEL, a lawyer practicing in Chatham, New Jersey, has published numerous books, including Smile: A Picture History of Olympic Park, 1887–1965; Beneath the Starry Flag: New Jersey’s Civil War Experience (both Rutgers University Press); Images of America: Irvington; Images of America: Warren Township; and Somerset County in Vintage Postcards. He has served as president of the Warren and ... Read more

Reviews for Disaster!: Stories of Destruction and Death in Nineteenth-Century New Jersey
"Getting from here to there for New Jerseyans these days can range from slightly annoying to absolutely road-rageous. But nowhere does it approach the wholesale risks taken by 19th century travelers when they booked passagage on a ship, boarded a train or stayed at a tinderbox resort hotel. History and weather repeat, and Siegel deftly captures the déjà vu."
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