Accidents, Disasters, and Tragedies

1
Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire, America's Deadliest Rock Concert
af John Barylick
87 medlemmer
13 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
4 Members
dara85, oregonobsessionz, lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
2
The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy
af Stewart O'Nan
588 medlemmer
26 anmeldelser
4
5 Members
dara85, oregonobsessionz, AnnaClaire, lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
3
The Johnstown Flood
af David McCullough
2,286 medlemmer
74 anmeldelser
4
5 Members
dara85, oregonobsessionz, AnnaClaire, lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
4
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
af Timothy Egan
4,379 medlemmer
197 anmeldelser
4.2
4 Members
oregonobsessionz, lindapanzo, elkiedee, NitaBirdsong
5
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
af John M. Barry
4,334 medlemmer
135 anmeldelser
3.9
4 Members
oregonobsessionz, AnnaClaire, aulsmith, NitaBirdsong
6
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
af Sheri Fink
1,536 medlemmer
169 anmeldelser
4.1
4 Members
oregonobsessionz, aulsmith, lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
7
The Children's Blizzard
af David Laskin
1,698 medlemmer
77 anmeldelser
4
4 Members
oregonobsessionz, AnnaClaire, lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
8
To Sleep with the Angels: The Story of a Fire
af David Cowan
236 medlemmer
12 anmeldelser
½ 4.4
4 Members
dara85, oregonobsessionz, lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
9
Curse of The Narrows: The Halifax Disaster of 1917
af Laura M. Mac Donald
444 medlemmer
21 anmeldelser
4.1
4 Members
oregonobsessionz, AnnaClaire, lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
10
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
af Simon Winchester
4,166 medlemmer
122 anmeldelser
3.8
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, AnnaClaire, NitaBirdsong
11
Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
af Stephen Puleo
741 medlemmer
32 anmeldelser
3.9
4 Members
dara85, oregonobsessionz, lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
12
Island in a Storm: A Rising Sea, a Vanishing Coast, and a Nineteenth-Century Disaster that Warns of a Warmer World
af Abby Sallenger
37 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, aulsmith, NitaBirdsong
13
Chicago Death Trap: The Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903
af Nat Brandt
82 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
4
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
14
Gone at 3:17: The Untold Story of the Worst School Disaster in American History
af David Brown
46 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 4.6
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
15
Triangle: The Fire that Changed America
af David Von Drehle
1,217 medlemmer
34 anmeldelser
3.9
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, AnnaClaire, NitaBirdsong
16
102 minutter
af Jim Dwyer
1,369 medlemmer
50 anmeldelser
4.1
3 Members
dara85, oregonobsessionz, lindapanzo
17
A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
af Simon Winchester
2,294 medlemmer
67 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, AnnaClaire, NitaBirdsong
18
Vi lever! : dramaet i Andesbjergene
af Piers Paul Read
2,390 medlemmer
64 anmeldelser
4
3 Members
dara85, lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
19
The Sinking Of The Eastland: America's Forgotten Tragedy
af Jay Bonansinga
106 medlemmer
6 anmeldelser
½ 4.4
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
20
City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
af Gary Krist
369 medlemmer
17 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
21
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men against the Sea
af Sebastian Junger
6,179 medlemmer
93 anmeldelser
3.9
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
22
Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home
af Nando Parrado
932 medlemmer
45 anmeldelser
4.1
3 Members
dara85, oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
23
Fire Underground: The Ongoing Tragedy of the Centralia Mine Fire
af David DeKok
36 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
24
City on Fire: The Forgotten Disaster That Devastated a Town and Ignited a Landmark Legal Battle
af Bill Minutaglio
103 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
3.8
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
25
Zeitoun
af Dave Eggers
4,226 medlemmer
182 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
dara85, oregonobsessionz
26
Killer Smog
af William Wise
15 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
2 Members
lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
27
Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World's Deadliest Industrial Disaster
af Dominique Lapierre
387 medlemmer
10 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
28
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
af Erik Larson
4,100 medlemmer
136 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
AnnaClaire, lindapanzo
29
Chokdoktrinen
af Naomi Klein
5,413 medlemmer
130 anmeldelser
4.2
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
30
The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche
af Gary Krist
322 medlemmer
11 anmeldelser
4
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
31
Fire in the Grove: The Cocoanut Grove Tragedy and Its Aftermath
af John C. Esposito
128 medlemmer
9 anmeldelser
4
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
32
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
af Rebecca Solnit
811 medlemmer
33 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
33
When the Mississippi Ran Backwards : Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes
af Jay Feldman
327 medlemmer
14 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
34
The Hartford Circus Fire: Tragedy under the Big Top
af Michael Skidgell
15 medlemmer
3
Member
lindapanzo
36
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
af John M. Barry
1,431 medlemmer
26 anmeldelser
4.2
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
38
When the Dancing Stopped: The Real Story of the Morro Castle Disaster and Its Deadly Wake
af Brian Hicks
99 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
39
The Sultana Tragedy: America's Greatest Maritime Disaster
af Jerry Potter
69 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
3.8
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
40
Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894
af Daniel James Brown
351 medlemmer
14 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
41
Bath Massacre: America's First School Bombing
af Arnie Bernstein
72 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
42
Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum
af Edward T. O'Donnell
205 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
43
The Green Hornet Street Car Disaster
af Craig Allen Cleve
16 medlemmer
4
2 Members
lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
44
Disaster at Johnstown: The Great Flood
af Hildegarde Dolson
78 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
3
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
45
Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds: The Tragedy & Triumph of ASA Flight 529
af Gary M. Pomerantz
88 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
3.8
2 Members
lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
46
The Fire That Will Not Die
af Michele McBride
24 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
4.2
2 Members
lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
47
Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938
af R. A. Scotti
506 medlemmer
12 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
48
Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing that Divided Gilded Age America
af James R. Green
395 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
49
Collision on Tenerife: The How and Why of the World's Worst Aviation Disaster
af Jon Ziomek
14 medlemmer
½ 4.3
Member
lindapanzo
50
Death Rides the Sky: The Story of the 1925 Tri-State Tornado
af Angela Mason
4 medlemmer
3
2 Members
lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
51
Hot Time in the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt
af Edward P. Kohn
197 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
2 Members
lindapanzo, NitaBirdsong
52
Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (Illinois)
af Eric Klinenberg
277 medlemmer
7 anmeldelser
3.8
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
53
Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History
af Denise Gess
232 medlemmer
10 anmeldelser
3.8
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
54
Tinder Box: The Iroquois Theatre Disaster 1903
af Anthony P. Hatch
72 medlemmer
6 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
55
A Matter of Degree: The Hartford Circus Fire & The Mystery of Little Miss 1565
af Don Massey
25 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
4.2
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
56
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
af Douglas Brinkley
857 medlemmer
19 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
57
Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy
af Diana Preston
384 medlemmer
9 anmeldelser
4.2
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
58
The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History
af William K. Klingaman
247 medlemmer
12 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
59
My Boys and Girls Are in There: The 1937 New London School Explosion
af Ron Rozelle
17 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 4.5
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
60
Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire
af John N. Maclean
261 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
61
The Winecoff Fire: The Untold Story of America's Deadliest Hotel Fire
af Sam Heys
26 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
5
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
62
The 1959 Yellowstone Earthquake (Disaster)
af Larry E. Morris
28 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
3.8
Member
lindapanzo
63
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
af Timothy Egan
1,438 medlemmer
67 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
64
The Last Days of St. Pierre: The Volcanic Disaster that Claimed 30,000 Lives
af Ernest Zebrowski
25 medlemmer
4
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
65
Death on the Ice: The Great Newfoundland Sealing Disaster of 1914
af Cassie Brown
135 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
66
Cascadia's Fault: The Earthquake and Tsunami That Could Devastate North America
af Jerry Thompson
143 medlemmer
9 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
67
3000 Degrees: The True Story of a Deadly Fire and the Men Who Fought It
af Sean Flynn
100 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
68
And Hell Followed With It: Life and Death in a Kansas Tornado
af Bonar Menninger
26 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
69
Hurricane Season: What Katrina Taught America (Kindle Single) (Nature in America Book 1)
af Susan Zakin
3 medlemmer
4
Member
lindapanzo
70
Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster
af Melissa Fay Greene
121 medlemmer
7 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
71
Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
af Allan J. McDonald
91 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
72
Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak That Changed the Way Americans Eat
af Jeff Benedict
58 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
4.2
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
73
Inside the Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire
af Ron Elliott
46 medlemmer
½ 4.3
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
74
The Angola Horror: The 1867 Train Wreck That Shocked the Nation and Transformed American Railroads
af Charity Vogel
36 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
½ 4.5
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
75
Firestorm! The Story of the 1991 East Fire in Berkeley
af Margaret Sullivan
4 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
5
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
76
The Thirtymile Fire: A Chronicle of Bravery and Betrayal
af John N. Maclean
52 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
77
Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster
af David Lochbaum
109 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
78
Mellem is og intet
af Joe Simpson
2,654 medlemmer
70 anmeldelser
4.2
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
79
The Thousand-Year Flood: The Ohio-Mississippi Disaster of 1937
af David Welky
57 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
80
The Worst Journey in the World
af Apsley Cherry-Garrard
1,917 medlemmer
55 anmeldelser
4.2
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
81
Oak Lawn Tornado of 1967
af Kevin Korst
3 medlemmer
½ 3.5
Member
lindapanzo
82
The Day the MGM Grand Hotel Burned
af Deirdre Coakley
5 medlemmer
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
83
Trapped: The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster
af Karen Tintori
97 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
84
Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917
af Michael Punke
81 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
85
From the Ashes: The Story of the Hinckley Fire of 1894
af Grace Stageberg Swenson
18 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
5
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
86
The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk
af Jennifer Niven
653 medlemmer
12 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
87
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
af Randy Shilts
2,939 medlemmer
64 anmeldelser
½ 4.4
2 Members
oregonobsessionz, NitaBirdsong
88
Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster
af Tom Shroder
71 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
3.8
Member
NitaBirdsong
89
Et umuligt valg
af Aron Ralston
1,666 medlemmer
45 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
90
The Triangle Fire
af Leon Stein
109 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
4.2
Member
AnnaClaire
91
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
af Steven Johnson
4,438 medlemmer
193 anmeldelser
4
Member
AnnaClaire
92
Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope
af Don Van Ryn
720 medlemmer
34 anmeldelser
3.9
Member
dara85
93
The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
af John Kelly
1,668 medlemmer
59 anmeldelser
3.9
Member
AnnaClaire
94
The Bodyguard's Story
af Trevor Rees-Jones
235 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
3.2
Member
dara85
95
The Children's Blizzard
af Melanie Benjamin
408 medlemmer
42 anmeldelser
3.9
Member
dara85
96
The Library Book
af Susan Orlean
4,986 medlemmer
287 anmeldelser
4.1
Member
dara85
97
Hurricane Season: The Unforgettable Story of the 2017 Houston Astros and the Resilience of a City
af Joe Holley
22 medlemmer
½ 4.7
Member
lindapanzo
98
The Great Chicago Fire (Illinois)
af Robert Cromie
41 medlemmer
½ 3.5
Member
lindapanzo
99
No One Had a Tongue to Speak: The Untold Story of One of History's Deadliest Floods
af Utpal Sandesara
12 medlemmer
Member
NitaBirdsong
100
Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916
af Michael Capuzzo
909 medlemmer
36 anmeldelser
3.9
Member
NitaBirdsong