The Johnstown flood /

McCullough, David G.

The Johnstown flood / by David McCullough. - 2nd Touchstone ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 1987, c1968. - 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - A Touchstone book .

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 287-292.

The sky was red -- Sailboats on the mountain -- "There's a man came from the lake." -- Rush of the torrent -- "Run for your lives!" -- A message from Mr. Pitcairn -- In the valley of death -- "No pen can describe..." -- "Our misery is the work of man."

A graphic account of the collapse of a poorly constructed dam and the resulting flood which killed 2,000 people and caused a nationwide scandal.

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Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown (Cambria County)


Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)--History.

F 159.J7 / M16 1987