New Zealand's Worst Disasters: True Stories that Rocked a Nation (NZ Author/Topic)
(Paperback, Large Print Edition)
Publishing Details
New Zealand's Worst Disasters: True Stories that Rocked a Nation (NZ Author/Topic)
By (Author) Graham Hutchins and Russell Young
Read How You Want
Read How You Want
6th October 2015
Large Print Edition
Australia
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Physical Properties
Paperback
400
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
The 30 stories in this book describe some of the most extraordinary events in New Zealand history. Who knew that a fire killed 39 people at Seacliff Mental Hospital in 1942 That 10 people died in a lahar on White Island in 1914 That a yacht race between Lyttelton and Wellington in 1951 resulted in 10 fatalities That a tornado ripped through 150 houses in Hamilton in 1948 These and many other stories are told in this eyeopening book, which also reveals acts of heroism among the rescuers.
