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.
0671207148 (pbk.) 9780671207144 (pbk.)
86026056
Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown (Cambria County)
Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)--History.
F 159.J7 / M16 1987
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.
0671207148 (pbk.) 9780671207144 (pbk.)
86026056
Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown (Cambria County)
Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)--History.
F 159.J7 / M16 1987