Tsunami : the true story of an April Fools' Day disaster

Karwoski, Gail; MacDonald, John

Notes
April Fools' Day -- Harbor at Hilo -- Deadly history -- Tsunami science -- Sound the warning -- Further information A Junior Library Guild selection Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-64) April Fools' Day, 1946: a sunny Hawaiian school day that started out as any other--until the ocean began to pull back, exposing the sea floor. Suddenly, someone looked up: now a wall of water was racing toward them. This was no April Fool's joke--it was a deadly tsunami. Learn about this and other tsunamis from history Website: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0708/2007295404.html
Additional Notes
Hawaii, disasters, tsunami, tidal wave
Librarian's Miscellania
Physical Description: 64 p, ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), 23 cm
SubTitle: the true story of an April Fools' Day disaster
MARC Import date: Wellington
MARC Record: Wellington
Location edition Bar Code due date
Library R23568
Dewey:904 KAR
ISBN:9781581960440
pub:2006
Subjects
Disasters
Tsunamis
Natural Disasters
Hawaii - History
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