Tag: disaster
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Voyage of Mercy by Stephen Puleo
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Voyage of Mercy: Want to know why Ireland hates England? Well, here is one of the many reasons! Quick synopsis: The story of America’s first true humanitarian mission during the Great Irish Famine. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: One of the donations to Ireland came from the Choctaw Indian tribe.…
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Sudden Sea by R.A. Scotti
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Sudden Sea: It was a wicked stahm, brah. (Note to my editor: This is me mocking a New England accent. Please don’t tell me I have two misspellings.) Quick synopsis: The story of the 1938 Great New England Hurricane. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Katharine Hepburn was caught up in…
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Dead Mountain by Donnie Eichar
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Dead Mountain: This is why I never go camping. OR In Soviet Russia, mountain kill you! Quick synopsis: The story of the mysterious death of 9 hikers in the Ural Mountains of Russia in 1959. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: The nine hikers’ bodies were found in various forms of…
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The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Ghost Map: If you thought doctors were clueless now…. Quick synopsis: The story of the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak in England and how two men figured out why it was happening. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: The cholera outbreak chronicled here killed 616 people. It all came from…
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Togo (Disney+)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Togo: I’m not crying. You’re crying. Shut up. Quick synopsis: The story of Togo, the most important lead sled dog in the Nome 1925 Serum Run. It became what we know today as the Iditarod. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: You probably heard of the Iditarod and a dog named…
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Battle of the Books: A Land So Strange Vs. Brutal Journey
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for A Land So Strange by Andres Resendez and Brutal Journey by Paul Schneider: Florida had crazy stories even back in 1528. Quick synopsis: A group of Spaniards who attempted to colonize Florida end up in a battle of survival. The survivors end up walking across most of North America. Fun Fact…
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The Big Burn by Timothy Egan
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Big Burn: Well I’m certainly going to be nice to Forest Rangers after reading this. Quick synopsis: The story of the “Big Burn,” the largest forest fire in American history and Teddy Roosevelt’s efforts to create and protect national forests. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: The Camp Fire of…
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The Finest Hours by Michael Tougias
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Finest Hours: Two shipwrecks for the price of one! Quick synopsis: The story of two oil tankers in distress off Cape Cod in 1952 and the effort to save the crew by the Coast Guard. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Both distressed ships split in half! And kept floating…
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My Favorite History: The White Hurricane
From November 7th through November 10th, 1913, the Great Lakes were hammered by what was called the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, or much more ominously, the “White Hurricane.” I love history when I have absolutely no insight before I start digging in. I am huge lover of shipwreck stories and came across White Hurricane…