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Roker, Al, 1954-
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Floods -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County) -- History -- 19th century.
Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.) -- History -- 19th century.
Authors, Black -- United States.
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Roker, Al, 1954-
Floods -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County) -- History -- 19th century.
Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.) -- History -- 19th century.
Authors, Black -- United States.
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Ruthless
tide
: the
heroes
and
villains
of the
Johnstown
flood
,
America
's
astonishing
gilded
age
disaster
/ Al Roker.
by
Roker, Al, 1954-
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
Call #:
974.8 R742r
Subjects
Floods -- Pennsylvania --
Johnstown
(Cambria County) -- History -- 19th century.
Johnstown
(Cambria County, Pa.) -- History -- 19th century.
Authors, Black -- United States.
ISBN:
9780062445513 (hc.)
Description:
305 p.: ill.; 24 cm.
Summary:
"A gripping new history celebrating the remarkable
heroes
of the
Johnstown
Floodthe deadliest
flood
in U.
S
. historyfrom NBC host and legendary weather authority Al Roker Central Pennsylvania, May 31, 1889: After a deluge of rainnearly a foot in less than twenty-four hoursswelled the Little Conemaugh River, panicked engineers watched helplessly as swiftly rising waters threatened to breach the South Fork dam, built to create a private lake for a fishing and hunting club that counted among its members Andrew Mellon, Henry Clay Frick, and Andrew Carnegie. Though the engineers telegraphed neighboring towns on this last morning in May warning of the impending danger, residentsfactory workers and their familiesremained in their homes, having grown used to false alarms. At 3:10 P.M., the dam gave way, releasing 20 million tons of water. Gathering speed as it flowed southwest, the deluge wiped out nearly everything in its path and picked up debristrees, houses, animalsbefore reaching
Johnstown
, a vibrant steel town fourteen miles downstream. Traveling 40 miles an hour, with swells as high as 60 feet, the deadly floodwaters razed the mill townhome to 20,000 peoplein minutes. The Great
Flood
, as it would come to be called, remains the deadliest in US history, killing more than 2,200 people and causing $17 million in damage. In
Ruthless
Tide
, Al Roker follows an unforgettable cast of characters whose fates converged because of that tragic day, including John Parke, the engineer whose heroic efforts failed to save the dam; the robber barons whose fancy sport fishing resort was responsible for modifications that weakened the dam; and Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross, who spent five months in
Johnstown
leading one of the first organized
disaster
relief efforts in the United States. Weaving together their stories and those of many ordinary citizens whose lives were forever altered by the event,
Ruthless
Tide
is testament to the power of the human spirit in times of tragedy and also a timely warning about the dangers of greed, inequality, neglected infrastructure, and the ferocious, uncontrollable power of nature."--From publisher.
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