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Johnstown Flood by David McCullough (1987, Trade Paperback)

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The Johnstown Flood : The Incredible Story Behind One of the Most Devastating.... Condition is Very Good. Shipped with USPS Media Mail.

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At the end of the last century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a booming coal-and-steel town filled with hardworking families striving for a piece of the nation's burgeoning industrial prosperity. In the mountains above Johnstown, an old earth dam had been hastily rebuilt to create a lake for an exclusive summer resort patronized by the tycoons of that same industrial prosperity, among them Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and Andrew Mellon. Despite repeated warnings of possible danger, nothing was done about the dam. Then came May 31, 1889, when the dam burst, sending a wall of water thundering down the mountain, smashing through Johnstown, and killing more than 2,000 people. It was a tragedy that became a national scandal.Graced by David McCullough's remarkable gift for writing richly textured, sympathetic social history,The Johnstown Floodis an absorbing, classic portrait of life in nineteenth-century America, of overweening confidence, of energy, and of tragedy. It also offers a powerful historical lesson for our century and all times: the danger of assuming that because people are in positions of responsibility they are necessarily behaving responsibly.

Book Title
Johnstown Flood
Edition
2
Author
David Mccullough
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / 19th Century, Civil / Flood Control
Publication Year
1987
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, History
Number of Pages
304 Pages

Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
F159.J7m16 1987
Reviews
Book WorldMcCullough has resurrected the flood for a generation that may know it in name only. He proves the subject is still fresh and spectacular., The New Yorker A first rate example of the documentary method....Mr. McCullough is a good writer and painstaking reporter and he has re-created that now almost mythic cataclysm...with the thoroughness the subject demands., Book World McCullough has resurrected the flood for a generation that may know it in name only. He proves the subject is still fresh and spectacular., The New YorkerA first rate example of the documentary method....Mr. McCullough is a good writer and painstaking reporter and he has re-created that now almost mythic cataclysm...with the thoroughness the subject demands.
Table of Content
Contents List of Illustrations I The sky was red II Sailboats on the mountain III "There's a man came from the lake." IV Rush of the torrent V "Run for your lives!" VI message from Mr. Pitcairn VII In the valley of death VIII "No pen can describe" IX "Our misery is the work of man." List of Victims Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
1968
Lccn
2004-274265
Dewey Decimal
974.8/77
Dewey Edition
22