There have been a lot of disaster stories read, and most have been recommended by Gary Strokosch, who is otherwise a mild-mannered, peaceful guy. Indeed, the genre so fascinates him that there have even been a number of independent study books read in his spare time.

47 Down: The 1922 Argonaut Gold Mine Disaster (2004) by O. Henry Mace The Black Box: All-New Cockpit Voice Recorder Accounts of In-flight Accidents (1998) by Malcolm MacPherson The Children’s Blizzard (2004) [read review] by David Laskin The Circus Fire: A True Story (2000) by Stewart O’Nan Curse of the Narrows: The Halifax Explosion 1917 (2005) by Laura M. MacDonald Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 (2003) by Stephen Puleo Eastland: Legacy of the Titanic (1995) by George W. Hilton Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage (1959) by Alfred Lansing Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire (1999) by John MacLean Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History (2002) by Denise Gess and William Lutz Fort Dearborn (2007) by Jerry Crimmins In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of Whaleship Essex (2000) by Nathaniel Philbrick Into the Wild (1998) by Jon Krakauer The Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America (1998) by John Barry Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II (2004) by Robert Kurson The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History (1999) by Peter Maas Triangle: The Fire That Changed America (2003) by David von Drehle Independent Study Books The Cocoanut Grove Fire (2005) [read review] by Stephanie Schorow Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (1997) by Jon Krakauer Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History (1999) by Erik Larson The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (1997) by Sebastian Junger Close this window