Ruthless tide : the heroes and villains of the Johnstown flood, America's astonishing gilded age disaster / Al Roker.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062445513
- ISBN: 0062445510
- Physical Description: vi, 305 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-292) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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.
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| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | 974.877 Rok (Text) | 30308101194570 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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