Flooded requiem for Johnstown
On May 31, 1889, the South Fork Dam built to create a man-made lake for America's wealthiest businessmen collapsed, unleashing twenty million tons of water onto the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, below; told in the voices of six children and many others this is the story of the ordinary people of...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scholastic Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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