The Johnstown Flood
ISBN:
9781419345708 (1419345702)
Publish date: 2005
Publisher: Recorded Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Literature,
Book Club,
Science,
Technology,
American,
Adult,
American History,
19th Century,
United States
Another great read from historian David McCullough. I like his shorter works, as he is very detailed in his writings. There were a lot of people to keep track of and a lot of geographical area to cover (luckily there was a map in the front of the book). The pictures of the aftermath are amazing and ...
This is the disastrous that most cell phone bills still pay for (at least here in the US). McCullough’s history of the flood includes the disaster as well as enough pre and post story to make sense of the larger sense. It will make you cry and be amazed.
Fascinating story, though it reads a bit like a history book. Good contrast to Isaac's Storm (by Erik Larsen), about the Galveston flood.
"The Johnstown Flood (or Great Flood of 1889 as it became known locally) occurred on May 31, 1889. It was the result of the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam situated on the Little Conemaugh River 14 miles (23 km) upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA, made worse by several d...
Log in with Facebook 
