| Description |
xix, 247 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-247). |
| Contents |
Prologue: Ball of fire -- Introduction -- Derailed -- Morning rounds -- Nautilus Memorial Hospital -- The man called Toad -- From the river to the rail -- Minding the perimeter -- A two-ton barbell -- The end of the world -- Inferno -- Triage in a two-room ER -- The day after -- The greatest sacrifice -- For whom the bells tolled -- The misery of hindsight -- Recovery road -- A force for change -- One agency, one mission -- Hazardous materials -- The struggle of the rural hospital -- Epilogue -- Coda -- In memoriam: The 16 lives lost in the Waverly Train Disaster of 1978. |
| Summary |
Showing how a single community's terrible tragedy instead became the catalyst for radical change, this first book to examine the Waverly Train Disaster of 1978, penned by a medical writer and Waverly native, examines how this disaster laid the groundwork for the future of emergency management and disaster relief. |
| Subject |
Railroad accidents -- Tennessee -- Waverly -- History.
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Emergency management -- Tennessee -- Waverly -- History.
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Waverly (Tenn.) -- History -- 20th century.
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| Added Title |
Train disaster that changed America |
| ISBN |
9780806542188 (hardcover) |
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0806542187 (hardcover) |
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