Jim O'Connor is the author of What Was the Battle of Gettysburg? He also has written several non-fiction books for Random House, including Jackie Robinson and The Story of All-Black Baseball.
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The morning of August 24, AD 79, seemed like any other in the Roman city of Pompeii. So no one was prepared when the nearby volcano Mount Vesuvius suddenly erupted, spouting ash that buried the city and its inhabitants. The disaster left thousands dead, a... SEE MORE