EXXON Valdez: How a Massive Oil Spill Triggered an Environmental Catastrophe

by Michael Burgan and Burgan Michael

Book Overview

The biggest oil spill in U.S. history that polluted the pristine waters of Alaska decades ago and killed thousands of birds, mammals, and fish, still haunts the people who are living with its aftermath. On Good Friday 1989, the huge oil tanker, Exxon Valdez, ran aground in Prince William Sound, spilling millions of gallons of crude oil into the water-oil that would eventually cover more than 1,000 miles of shoreline. Cleanup began immediately but...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0756557437
• ISBN13: 9780756557430
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Compass Point Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.5" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7