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Release Year
2005
ISBN
9780743540865
Publication Year
2005
Format
Compact Disc
Language
English
Book Title
Johnstown Flood
Author
David Mccullough
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Genre
Technology & Engineering, History
Topic
United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / 19th Century, Civil / Flood Control, United States / General

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FROM THE #1NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLING AUTHOR OF JOHN ADAMSAt the end of the last century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania was a booming coal-and-steel town filled with hardworking families striving for a piece of the nation's burgeoning industrial prosperity. In the mountains above Johnstown, an old earth dam had been hastily rebuilt to create a lake for an exclusive summer resort patronized by the tycoons of that same industrial prosperity, among them Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and Andrew Mellon. Despite repeated warnings of possible danger, nothing was done about the dam. Then came May 31, 1889, when the dam burst, sending a wall of water thundering down the mountain, smashing through Johnstown, and killing more than 2,000 people. It was a tragedy that became a national scandal.Graced by David McCullough's remarkable gift for writing richly textured, sympathetic social history,The Johnstown Floodis an absorbing portrait of life in nineteenth-century America, of overweening confidence, of energy, and of tragedy. This is a powerful historical lesson for our century and all times: the danger of assuming that because people are in positions of responsibility they are behaving responsibly.

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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0743540867
ISBN-13
9780743540865
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43112389

Product Key Features

Book Title
Johnstown Flood
Author
David Mccullough
Format
Compact Disc
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / 19th Century, Civil / Flood Control, United States / General
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Technology & Engineering, History

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Item Length
5.9in.
Item Height
1.2in.
Item Width
5in.
Item Weight
8.7 Oz

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Number of Volumes
8 Vols.
Edition Description
Abridged Edition,Unabridged Edition
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The New Yorker A first rate example of the documentary method....Mr. McCullough is a good writer and painstaking reporter and he has re-created that now almost mythic cataclysm...with the thoroughness the subject demands., Book World McCullough has resurrected the flood for a generation that may know it in name only. He proves the subject is still fresh and spectacular.
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
974.8/77
Dewey Edition
22

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  • by lg5xQB4cRK-@Deleted
    Oct 10, 2009

    Johnstown Flood by McCullough

    McCullough along with Mitchener are my favorite authors. Anyone driving long distance and has a cassette/CD Radio, the Cassette tape The story is excellent and interesting, and great for a history You will love the audio and beats listening to the music or talk radio. Completely enjoyable. The audio depicts American as it turns 100 years old, 1889, hardly ever depicted in the history books. Now 120 years later, it is always fun to look back and wonder what life was like to put our current life in perspective. If you loved McCullough's other books such as 1776, the book is in the same tradition. I wish there are more historical books on audio tape.

  • by genejanet3
    Jul 03, 2019

    Buy this book

    Really great read on the history of the town, I learned a lot.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: plumcircle

  • by dancer1991
    Dec 08, 2020

    the johnstown flood

    good audio book

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: sosamediastore

  • by berryhill61158
    Apr 01, 2008

    Another great book from McCullough

    The book grabed my interest and never let it go. I bought the book on CD to listen to in the car. I found myself not wanting to end my trip until the book was over. History told well makes a great story. I have listened to it several times and I will again.