Best History Books about Disasters

1
Triangle: The Fire that Changed America
de David Von Drehle
1,212 membres
34 critiques
3.9
5 Members
lilithcat, eromsted, kageeh, Helcura, AnnaClaire
2
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
de Simon Winchester
4,139 membres
122 critiques
3.8
5 Members
ursula, lilithcat, Moomin_Mama, AnnaClaire, Mr.Durick
3
Hiroshima
de John Hersey
1,967 membres
37 critiques
4.1
4 Members
hipdeep, kageeh, Moomin_Mama, cej1027
4
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
de Erik Larson
4,068 membres
136 critiques
4
4 Members
ABVR, SqueakyChu, kageeh, AnnaClaire
5
Les survivants
de Piers Paul Read
2,369 membres
64 critiques
4
4 Members
ursula, SqueakyChu, dara85, Helcura
6
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
de Douglas Brinkley
851 membres
19 critiques
4
3 Members
ABVR, eromsted, kageeh
7
Tragédie à l'Everest
de Jon Krakauer
14,069 membres
313 critiques
4.2
3 Members
ursula, dara85, Helcura
8
Curse of The Narrows: The Halifax Disaster of 1917
de Laura M. Mac Donald
443 membres
21 critiques
4.1
3 Members
Helcura, AnnaClaire, SylviaC
9
To Sleep with the Angels: The Story of a Fire
de David Cowan
236 membres
12 critiques
½ 4.4
3 Members
lilithcat, dara85, Helcura
10
The Johnstown Flood
de David McCullough
2,262 membres
72 critiques
4
3 Members
ABVR, dara85, AnnaClaire
11
Effondrement. Comment les sociétés décident de leur disparition ou de leur survie
de Jared M. Diamond
12,210 membres
183 critiques
3.9
2 Members
norabelle414, aulsmith
12
The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy
de Stewart O'Nan
584 membres
26 critiques
4
2 Members
dara85, AnnaClaire
13
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
de John M. Barry
1,421 membres
26 critiques
4.2
2 Members
ABVR, dara85
14
The Children's Blizzard
de David Laskin
1,688 membres
76 critiques
4
2 Members
AnnaClaire, cej1027
15
La Nuit du Titanic
de Walter Lord
2,977 membres
63 critiques
4.1
2 Members
ursula, dara85
16
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
de Sheri Fink
1,523 membres
168 critiques
4.1
2 Members
dara85, aulsmith
17
Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
de Stephen Puleo
737 membres
32 critiques
3.9
2 Members
dara85, Helcura
18
When the Mississippi Ran Backwards : Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes
de Jay Feldman
326 membres
14 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Bretzky1
19
Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History
de Denise Gess
229 membres
10 critiques
3.8
Member
Helcura
20
Smoldering City: Chicagoans and the Great Fire, 1871-1874
de Karen Sawislak
23 membres
Member
eromsted
21
1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina
de Chris Rose
618 membres
27 critiques
4.2
Member
hipdeep
22
La supplication. Tchernobyl, chroniques du monde après l'apocalypse
de Svetlana Alexievich
2,337 membres
78 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
hipdeep
23
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
de Jim Dwyer
1,365 membres
50 critiques
4.1
Member
dara85
24
Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938
de R. A. Scotti
501 membres
12 critiques
4
Member
ABVR
25
The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche
de Gary Krist
319 membres
11 critiques
4
Member
Helcura
26
Trapped: The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster
de Karen Tintori
97 membres
3 critiques
4
Member
Helcura
27
Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire, America's Deadliest Rock Concert
de John Barylick
87 membres
13 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
dara85
28
A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
de Simon Winchester
2,277 membres
66 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
AnnaClaire
29
Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894
de Daniel James Brown
342 membres
14 critiques
4.2
Member
Helcura
30
Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917
de Michael Punke
81 membres
3 critiques
4
Member
Helcura
31
Laissé pour mort à l'Everest
de Beck Weathers
463 membres
17 critiques
3.2
Member
Helcura