The Johnstown flood
2nd Touchstone ed.
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Author
Publication
1987 - Simon & Schuster, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
75,500 words, Guess
Page Count
302 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2731930M
- ISBN-100671207148
- OCLC Control Number14378532
- Internet Archivejohnstownflood0000mccu
- Library of Congress Control Number2004274265
and 2 more
- LibraryThing244628
- Goodreads822303
Classifications
- DDC974.8/77
- LCCF159.J7 M16 1987
- LCCF159.J7 M16 2004
and 1 more
- LCCF159.J7M16 1987
Description
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.
Description
A graphic account of the collapse of a poorly constructed dam and the resulting flood which killed 2,000 people and caused a nationwide scandal.
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