Ruthless tide the heroes and villains of the Johnstown flood, America's astonishing gilded age disaster
"A gripping new history celebrating the remarkable heroes of the Johnstown Flood--the deadliest flood in U.S. history--from NBC host and legendary weather authority Al Roker. Central Pennsylvania, May 31, 1889: After a deluge of rain--nearly a foot in less than twenty-four hours--swelled the Li...
| Main Author: | Roker, Al, 1954- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of 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.