01451cam a2200325 i 4500 493349624 TxAuBib 20210308120000.0 200305s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020005097 9781629727394 hardback 1629727393 hardback (OCoLC)1143837838 TxAuBib rda Borrowman, Jerry,. Catastrophes and heroes [HC] : true stories of man-made disasters / Jerry Borrowman. True stories of man-made disasters. Salt Lake City : Shadow Mountain, [2020] ©2020. 196 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. 1865: Prisoners on the Mississippi -- 1879: Scotland's Tay Railway Bridge -- 1906: Harriman fights the Colorado -- 1928: Mulholland's St. Francis Dam -- 1935: The over-sea railroad -- 1939: Death in the desert -- 1940: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge -- 1963: Italy's Vajont Dam. "Eight stories of man-made disasters and the heroes who arose to rescue others as well as institute reforms that would avoid similar disasters later"-- Provided by publisher. 20210308. cat o ecip rlm. Disasters.