MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009517664
003 DLC
005 20091119124905.0
008 091113s2009 ilua j b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009517664
020 $a9780716698180
020 $a9780716698173 (set)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aQC926.32$b.B65 2009
082 00 $a363.34/925$222
245 00 $aBlizzards.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aChicago :$bWorld Book,$cc2009.
300 $a47, [1] p. :$bill. (some col.) ;$c28 cm.
490 0 $aWorld Book's library of natural disasters
520 $a"A discussion of a major type of natural disaster, including descriptions of some of the most destructive; explanations of these phenomena, what causes them, and where they occur; and information about how to prepare for and survive these forces of nature. Features include an activity, glossary, list of resources, and index"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.
505 0 $aWhat is a blizzard? -- Blizards back in time -- Blizzard winds -- The school children's blizzard -- The Great White Hurricane of 1888 -- Blizzards and the human body -- Blizzards around the world -- Napoleon's grand retreat -- The White Hurricane of 1913 -- Storm damage -- After a blizzard -- Race to the South Pole -- Hard lessons of 1922 -- The Superstorm of 1993 -- Potomac aircrash -- The billion-dollar blizzard of 1996 -- Surviving a blizzard -- Chicago's?Big snow? of 1967 -- Blizzard rescue -- Forecasting blizzards.
650 0 $aBlizzards$vJuvenile literature.
710 2 $aWorld Book, Inc.