The Johnstown flood the incredible story behind one of the most devastating disasters America has ever known
In the spring of 1889, Johnstown, Pennsylvania was a booming coal-and-steel town. In the mountains above Johnstown, an old earth dam had been hastily rebuilt to create a lake for a summer resort patronized by the likes of Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and Andrew Mellon. Warnings of possible dan...
| Main Author: | McCullough, David G. |
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| Other Authors: | Herrmann, Edward, 1943-2014. |
| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
Simon & Schuster Audio,
Â2005.
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| Edition: | Unabridged. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
In the spring of 1889, Johnstown, Pennsylvania was a booming coal-and-steel town. In the mountains above Johnstown, an old earth dam had been hastily rebuilt to create a lake for a summer resort patronized by the likes of Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and Andrew Mellon. Warnings of possible danger were ignored, and on May 31, the dam burst, sending a wall of water through the town and killing more than 2,000 people. David McCullough examines the tragedy and the scandal that followed. |
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| Item Description: |
Title from container. Compact discs. |
| Physical Description: |
8 audio discs (approximately 10 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time: |
10:00:00 |
| Production Credits: |
Producer and director, Carol Shapiro ; associate producer, Suzanne Wetzel. |
| ISBN: |
0743540867 9780743540865 |
| Author Notes: |
His first book, The Johnstown Flood, was published in 1968. His other books include 1776, Brave Companions, The Great Bridge, and The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris. He received the Pulitzer Prize twice for Truman and John Adams and the National Book Award twice for The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal and Mornings on Horseback. He also won two Francis Parkman Prizes, the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and New York Public Library's Literary Lion Award. Two of his books, Truman and John Adams, have been adapted into a television movie and mini-series, respectively, by HBO. In December 2006, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He also made the New York Times Best Seller List in 2015 with his book The Wright Brothers, and in 2017 with The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For. (Bowker Author Biography) |