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Author:

Roker, Al, 1954- author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First HarperLuxe edition.

Publisher:

HarperLuxean imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

vi, 390 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Floods--Johnstown (Cambria County)--Johnstown (Cambria County)--History--19th century.
Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)--History--19th century.
Large type books.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-390).

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.

ISBN:

0062670786
9780062670786

OCLC:

(OCoLC)960842006

Locations:

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FJPC224 -- Elkader Public Library (Elkader)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

RFPC397 -- Stuart Public Library (Stuart)

CXPC586 -- Keck Memorial Library (Wapello)