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

Roker, Al 1954- (author.).

Summary: 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.

Item details

ISBN: 9780062445513
ISBN: 0062445510
ISBN: 9780062875938
ISBN: 9780062875921
Physical Description: print
vi, 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Contents / Notes

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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