Darkest hours : a narrative encyclopedia of worldwide disasters from ancient times to the present
Jay Robert Nash (Author)
Here is Jay Robert Nash's exhaustive chronology of world disaster's—900 disasters, from sinking ships to famines treated in-depth, often accompanied by eye-witness accounts and illustrations. But Darkest Hour is no mere listing, no dry catalog of events. In hundreds of instances Nash's research led him behind the event itself to the intensely human story of reactions to catastrophe. He has put together fascinating accounts of incredible courage and heroism.--amazon.com
Print Book, English, ©1976
Nelson-Hall, Chicago, ©1976