Ruthless tide : the heroes and villains of the Johnstown flood, America's astonishing gilded age disaster

Roker, Al, 1954- author.

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Presents a narrative history of the 1889 Johnstown Flood to chronicle key events, the damage that rendered the flood one of America's worst disasters, and the pivotal contributions of key figures, from dam engineer John Parke to American Red Cross founder Clara Barton.

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Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.) History 19th century

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ISBN:

9780062445513
0062445510

Edition:

First edition

Description:

vi, 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-292) and index

Contents:

Prologue: "Mr. Quinn is too fearful"
Part I: Members and nonmembers. Up on the mountain ; Down in the valley ; How to make a lake ; "No danger from our enterprise" ; Rain
Part II: When the dam broke. Tap-tap-tap ; A monster unchained ; Cauldron ; The night of the Johnstown Flood ; Alone in the world
Part III: Justice and charity. Some convulsion ; Poor, lone woman ; Frozen with fear ; Strict liability
Epilogue: Song and story

LCCN:

bl2018045324

Control Number:

2476088

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