Disasters


Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
The Johnstown Flood
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
A Night to Remember
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
The Children's Blizzard
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—and Why
Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894
Five Days at Memorial by Sheri FinkTaste of Tremé by Todd-Michael  St. PierreCreating the Big Easy by Anthony J. StanonisUntold by Lynette Norris WilkinsonSpirit World by Michael P. Smith
New Orleans History and Culture
138 books — 4 voters
127 Hours by Aron RalstonNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroLife of Pi by Yann MartelI Am Her... by Sarah Ann WalkerAll Who Believed by Tamara Mathieu
Phew! It Didn't Happen to Me.
55 books — 27 voters


Sequoia Nagamatsu
“ I've always been proud of how much my daughter cared about the world. After school she’d study the news, comb the internet for disasters, wars and hate and injustice, write it all down in these color-coded journals. Once, I asked her what she was doing, and she said she was just trying to keep track of it all because it didn’t seem like anybody else noticed or cared that we kept making the same mistakes, that hate in a neighborhood or injustice in a state ran like poison through veins, until ano ...more ”
― Sequoia Nagamatsu, How High We Go in the Dark

Saeed Jones
“ The only thing worse than being a disaster is being a disaster with a witness. ”
― Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives

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