Floodwaters and Flames : the 1913 Disaster in Dayton, Ohio / Lois Miner Huey.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2016]Description: 56 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781467794329
- 1467794325
- Flood waters and flames
- Dayton (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Floods -- Ohio -- Dayton -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Fires -- Ohio -- Dayton -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Disaster victims -- Ohio -- Dayton -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Dayton (Ohio) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
March 25, 1913, began as a typical day in Dayton, Ohio. Downtown bustled with streetcars, carriages, and automobiles. By 8:10 a rush of water from the Great Miami River flooded the city. Desperate people climbed trees and telephone poles to escape the torrent. For days, people were stranded, cut off from the outside world.
Experience the Great Dayton Flood through the eyes of those who lived it. Today the storm that caused the flood and devastated Dayton and communities across the country is largely forgotten. But the residents of Dayton resolved never to suffer such a disaster again. Their heroic response became a model for how we prepare for and recover from natural disasters.
A tidal wave -- Day of fire -- Waiting for rescue -- the aftermath -- Results from ruin.
"The March and April storm of 1913 was the largest the United States had ever seen. This book presents the stories of key people in Dayton, Ohio, the city that became the symbol of this disaster"--Provided by publisher.
Grades 4 to 6.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-54) and index.