The Hindenburg Disaster

Graphic Library Disasters in History

by Matt Doeden

Describes the events of the Hindenberg airship disaster. Written in graphic-novel format.

Genres: History, Graphic Novels, Childrens

32 pages, Library Binding

First published April 1, 2006

About the author

Matt Doeden was born in southern Minnesota and lived parts of his childhood in Golden Valley, Minnesota, and Madison, Minnesota. He studied journalism at Mankato State University, where he worked at the college newspaper for three years. In his senior year, he served as the paper's Sports Editor, which put him in charge of the entire sports section, the sports writers, and the photographers. He covered mostly college sports, but also the Minnesota Vikings, who held training camp at MSU.

His work allowed him to meet and interview people like Dennis Green, Cris Carter, Robert Smith, and more. Matt went on to work as a sports writer for the Mankato paper, and then he got a job as an editor with a small children's publisher called Capstone Press, and in 2003 he decided to start his own business as a freelance writer and editor.

Since then, Matt has written and edited hundreds of books. Lots of them are on high-interest topics like cars, sports, and airplanes. He also writes and edits on geography, science, and even math.

Reviews

[StrictlySequential · Rating 2 out of 5]

Awkwardly presented in choice of what to elaborate on and annoyingly mentioned things that couldn't be explained in it's short format.

[C.G.Koens · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was interesting, even to me. I didn't know much about the event, other than that it happened. For example, I didn't know people survived, including the captain. I also appreciated the way they glossed over the fact that the captain passed away the next day as a result of his injuries, which didn't make it too distressing for kids. Good factual content in the post-graphic section as well.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really interesting and simply told.

[Tessa · Rating 3 out of 5]

ever heard of the hindenburg? i was watching history detectives with my mom and dad the other night when a case came with the hindenburg in it
and i checked it out at the library.

[Rose]

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