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  • McCullough, David G.
     
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  • Floods -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County)
     
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  • Disasters -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
     
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  • Scandals -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
     
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  • Dams -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
     
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  • McCullough, David G.
     
  •  
  • Floods -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County)
     
  •  
  • Disasters -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
     
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  • Scandals -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
     
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  • Dams -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
     
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  • Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
     
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  • Johnstown (Pa.) -- History.
     
     
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    The Johnstown flood : the incredible story behind one of the most devastating disasters America has ever known / by David McCullough.
    by McCullough, David G.
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    Simon & Schuster, 1987, c1968.
    Call #:974.877 M133j
    Subjects
  • Floods -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County)
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  • Disasters -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
  •  
  • Scandals -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
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  • Dams -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
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  • Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
  •  
  • Johnstown (Pa.) -- History.
  • ISBN: 
    9780671207144 (pbk.)
    0671207148 (pbk.)
    Edition: 
    2nd Touchstone ed.
    Description: 
    302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
    Notes: 
    Includes index.
    Subtitle from cover.
    Bibliography: 
    Bibliography: p. 287-292.
    Contents: 
    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."
    Summary: 
    A graphic account of the May 31, 1889 collapse of a poorly constructed dam and the resulting flood which killed 2,000 people and caused a nationwide scandal.
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