Excerpt from The Child and His Family in Disaster: A Study of the 1953 Vicksburg Tornado<br><br>One of its main targets was a motion picture theater filled with children watching a late matinee. The destruction of this theater, trapping some and killing others among the audience of children, was the particular reason why this disaster was chosen for study. Investigating the misfortunes suffered by these chil dren would, it was hoped, provide information which could be used to help children and their families in later disasters.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.