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Books
Middle Level Fictional Accounts

Bunting, Eve, SOS Titanic. New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1996. [Titanic Sinking]
Butler, Beverly, My Sister's Keeper. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1980. [Peshtigo Fire]
Duey, K. and K.A. Bale, Survival: Earthquake. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1998. [San Francisco Earthquake of 1906]
Duey, K. and K.A. Bale, Survival: Fire. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1998. [Chicago Fire of 1871]
Hesse, Karen, Out of the Dust. New York: Scholastic Press, 1997. [The Dust Bowl]
Hesse, Karen, A Time of Angels. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1997. [1918 Influenza Epidemic]
Jones, Martha Tannery, Terror from the Gulf: A Hurricane in Galveston. Dallas: Hendrick-Long Publishing, 1999. [Galveston Hurricane of 1900]
Kehret, Peg, The Flood Disaster. New York: Ministrel Books, 1999. [ Johnstown Flood of 1889]
Lowell, Susan, I Am Lavina Cumming. Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1993 [San Francisco Earthquake of 1906]
Nelson, Theresa, A Devil Storm. New York: Dell, 1991. [Galveston Hurricane of 1900]
Peck, Richard, Voices After Midnight. New York: Dell Publishing, 1989. [Blizzard of 1888]
Porter, Tracey, Treasures in the Dust. New York: HarperCollins, 1997. [The Dust Bowl]
Robinet, Harriette, Children of the Fire. New York: Athenum, 1991. [Chicago Fire of 1871]
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley, A Cat Running. New York: Dell, 1996. [The Dust Bowl]
Williams, Barbara, Titanic Crossing. New York: Scholastic Press, 1995. [Titanic Sinking]

Elementary Level Books

Alcroft, Rob, Fire Disaster. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2000. [Chicago Fire of 1871]
Ballard, Robert, Finding the Titanic. New York: Scholastic, 1993. [Titanic]
Gross, Virginia, The Day It Rained Forever: The Story of the Johnstown Flood. New York: Puffin, 1993. [Johnstown Flood]
Hancock, Sibyl, The Great Storm. Austin: Eakin Press, 1985. [Galveston Hurricane]
Heiligman, Deborah, The Story of the Titanic. New York: Random House, 1998. [Titanic]
Kudlinski, Kathleen, Earthquake! A Story of Old San Francisco. New York: Puffin Books, 1995. [San Francisco Earthquake of 1906]
Lasky, Kathryn, Marven of the Great North Woods. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1997. [Influenza, 1918]
Levine, Ellen, If You Lived at the Time of the Great San Francisco Earthquake. New York: Scholastic, 1992. [San Francisco Earthquake of 1906]
Moskin, Marietta, Day of the Blizzard. New York: Scholastic, 1997. [Blizzard of 1888]
Raven, Margot, Angels in the Dust. Mahwah: Bridge Water Paperbacks, 1999. [Dust Bowl]
Turner, Ann, Dust for Dinner. New York: Harper Collins, 1995. [Dust Bowl]
Wilson, Kate, Earthquake! San Francisco 1906. Austin: Raintree, 1993. [San Francisco Earthquake of 1906]

Adult Books

Butler, Daniel, Unsinkable: The Full Story of the RMS Titanic. Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 1998. [Titanic]
Cromie, Robert, The Great Chicago Fire. Rutledge Hill Press, 1994. [Chicago Fire of 1871]
Davies, Pete, The Devil's Flu: The World's Deadliest Influenza Epidemic and the Scientific Hunt for the Virus that Caused It. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2000. [Influenza, 1918]
Gregory, James, American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California. Oxford University Press, 1991. [Dust Bowl]
Hansen, Gladys, Denial of Disaster: The Untold Story and Photographs of the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906. Cameron and Co., 1989. [San Francisco Earthquake, 1906]
Kolata, Gina, Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918. New York: Touchstone, 2001. [Influenza, 1918]
Kurzman, Dan, Disaster! The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906. William Morrow, 2001. [San Francisco Earthquake 1906]
Larson, Erik, Isaac's Storm: A Man, A Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History. New York: Crown Publishers, 1999. [Galveston Hurricane, 1900]
McCullough, David, The Johnstown Flood. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. [Johnstown Flood]
Pernin, Peter, The Great Peshtigo Fire: An Eyewitness Account. State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1987. [Peshtigo Fire]

Reference Books

Adams, Simon, Titanic. New York: DK. Publishing, 1999.
Archer, Jules, Earthquake! New York: Crestwood, 1991.
Armbruster, Ann, Floods. New York: Franklin Watts, 1996.
Armbruster, Ann, Wildfires. New York: Franklin Watts, 1996
Aronson, Virginia, The Influenza Pandemic of 1918. Philadelphia: Chelsea, 2000.
Associated Press,  Associated Press Library of Disasters. Grolier, 1998.
Ballard, Robert D., Exploring the Titanic. New York: Scholastic, 1988.
Bondar, Barbara, Fire! Raging Destruction. Perfection Learning, 1997
Conklin, Thomas, The Titanic Sinks! New York: Random House, 1997.
Duden, Jane, Earthquake: On Shaky Ground. Perfection Learning, 1997.
Dudman, John, The Sinking of the Titanic. New York: Bookwright, 1998.
Gallagher, Jim, The Johnstown Flood. Philadelphia: Chelsea, 2000.
George, Michael, Earthquakes. Mankato, Minnesota: Creative Education, 1998.
Getz, David, Purple Death. New York: Holt, 2000.
Harmon, Dan. The Titanic. Philadelphia: Chelsea, 2001.
Kahl, Jonathan D., Storm Warning. Minneapolis: Lerner, 1993.
Keller, David, Great Disasters. New York: Avon, 1990.
Lauber, Patricia, Hurricanes. New York: Scholastic, 1996.
Lord, Walter, A Night to Remember. New York: Bantam Books, 1995.
McMillan, Beverly, Titanic: Fortune and Fate. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998.
Murphy, Jim, Blizzard! New York: Scholastic, 2000.
Murphy, Jim, The Great Fire. New York: Scholastic, 1995.
Navarra, John Gabriel, Nature Strikes Back. Garden City: Natural History Press, 1991.
Newson, Lesley, Devastation! New York: DK Publishing, 1998.
Pernin, Peter, The Great Peshtigo Fire. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1999.
Platt, Richard, Disaster! New York: DK Publishing, 1997.
Stanley, Jerry, Children of the Dust Bowl. New York: Crown Publishers, 1992.
Sorenson, Margo, Hurricane! Nature's Most Destructive Force. Perfection Learning, 1997.
Thresh, Peter, Titanic: The Truth Behind the Disaster. New York: Crescent Books, 1992.
Van Rose, Susanna, Volcano & Earthquake. New York: Knopf, 1992.
Walker, Sally M., Earthquakes. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda, 1996.
Ward, Brian R., Epidemic. New York: Dorling Kindersley Book, 2000.
   

Multi-media  

The Dust Bowl, (American Experience) A&E, 2000.
Fault Line: San Francisco, (Assignment Discovery) Discovery Channel, 2000.
Floods, (The Wrath of God) History Channel, 2000.
The Great Epidemic, The Learning Channel, 2000.
Hellfire, (The Wrath of God) History Channel, 2000.
Hunt for the Killer Flu, A&E, 1999.
Hurricanes, (The Wrath of God), History Channel, 1999.
Influenza, (American Experience) A&E, 2000.
An Inside Look: The Flu, (Assignment Discovery) Discovery Channel, 2000.
The Most: Incredible Disasters, History Channel, 2000.
The Peshtigo Fire, Wisconsin Public Television, 1986.
Stormy Weather: 1930-1939, (This Century: America's Time) History Channel, 2000.
Titanic, A&E, 1999.
Understanding: Fire, (Assignment Discovery) Discovery Channel, 2000.
Wild Weather, WGBH Educational Foundation, 1996.
Winter Weather, (The Weather Classroom) The Weather Channel, 2000.
   

Online Resources (outside the Library of Congress)

Chicago Fire
Chicago Historical Society A city website with information and accounts of the great fire.
The Lost City!  A nineteenth century online book describing the Chicago fire.
 

San Francisco Earthquake
Jack London's Eyewitness Account of the San Francisco Earthquake  Jack London's description written as a newspaper correspondent.
Museum of the City of San Francisco City site contains information on the 1906 earthquake.

Titanic
Encyclopedia Titanica Website containing extensive information on the Titanic including passenger lists and additional website sources.

Johnstown Flood
Johnstown Flood Memorial National Park Service site.
Johnstown Flood Museum  City site about the flood.

The Dust Bowl
The American Experience: The Dust Bowl  PBS program site.

1918 Influenza Epidemic
The American Experience: Influenza!  PBS program site.

Blizzard of 1888
Disposing of Snow  An 1888 article about city snow removal.
The Great White Hurricane Description of one of the worst storms on the East Coast.

Galveston Hurricane
Extreme Weather  NOAA's site about the Galveston hurricane.
Galveston's Home Page City site with information about the storm of 1900.
 

Peshtigo Fire
Peshtigo Fire  Wisconsin Historical Society site.
Wisconsin's Fire A nineteenth century online book describing the Peshtigo fire.