Ruthless Tide
The Heroes and Villains of the Johnstown Flood, America's Astonishing Gilded Age Disaster
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: vi, 305 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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.
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.
Subjects:
Floods -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County) -- History -- 19th century.
Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.) -- History -- 19th century.
Floods -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County) -- History -- 19th century.
Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.) -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN:
9780062445513
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY Disaster Rok | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY Disaster Rok | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-292) and index.