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In honor of today being the 112th anniversary of that fateful day, a small selection of my #Titanic books.
This ship has fascinated me since I was a child. 🚢

4.5 ⭐ I just don't think anyone beats Erik Larson in nonfiction telling today. I always find his books fascinating and end up learning things I never did. Isaac's Storm is no different. It is about the deadliest hurricane to ever hit America. It happened 105 years before Katherine, in 1900 in Galveston, Texas. The hurricane killed thousands and demolished the city. Some say had it not been for the hurricane, Galveston may have been as ⬇️

While Richard Lloyd Parry could have easily written a book to match the scale of the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, he chose to focus his attention elsewhere: an elementary school where 74 students and 10 teachers died due to negligence. As the title suggests, there is a supernatural element to this tale but it is minor and underdeveloped. The first-hand accounts of the historic tragedy are what makes this a truly harrowing read.

Detailed description of the disaster following quake and fire of April 18, 1906 in San Francisco. There were a lot of blowing up of buildings during the fire and shooting of civilians, but it did bring people together for a while no matter the differences of class or race.

#Audiobaking #iLovePie #BananaCreamPie #WiaN #Wian2024 category: Natural Disaster

Wow - this is so good. Devastatingly sad, super-intriguing on the ghosts part!

I am reading another one about SF earthquake and fire for more details.

Good account but TMI if you just want 1906 SF events only. A lot on plate tectonics, new geology science, and details on the Richter Scale. A bigger quake is coming at any time!

This was mostly good. There were a few parts that got bogged down in detail explaining the technology or what was working (or not) that was, at times, a bit too much for me. It was a slow read, but overall, I liked it. It was unfortunate that others “raided” the site. Ballard had hoped that everything would remain there in its own graveyard, but of course, that didn‘t happen. Cont in comments...

Starting to read about great earthquake of 1906.

This book gives a whole lot of flight history and information starting with hot air balloons up to aircraft. Truly informative.