Ruthless tide : the heroes and villains of the Johnstown flood, America's astonishing gilded age disaster /
Roker, Al, 1954-
Ruthless tide : the heroes and villains of the Johnstown flood, America's astonishing gilded age disaster / Al Roker. - First HarperLuxe edition. - vi, 390 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-390).
Prologue: "Mr. Quinn is too fearful" -- Part I: Members and nonmembers. Up on the mountain ; Down in the valley ; How to make a lake ; "No danger from our enterprise" ; Rain -- Part II: When the dam broke. Tap-tap-tap ; A monster unchained ; Cauldron ; The night of the Johnstown Flood ; Alone in the world -- Part III: Justice and charity. Some convulsion ; Poor, lone woman ; Frozen with fear ; Strict liability -- Epilogue: Song and story.
9780062670786 0062670786
Floods--History--Pennsylvania--Johnstown (Cambria County)--19th century.
Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)--History--19th century.
Large type books.
Ruthless tide : the heroes and villains of the Johnstown flood, America's astonishing gilded age disaster / Al Roker. - First HarperLuxe edition. - vi, 390 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-390).
Prologue: "Mr. Quinn is too fearful" -- Part I: Members and nonmembers. Up on the mountain ; Down in the valley ; How to make a lake ; "No danger from our enterprise" ; Rain -- Part II: When the dam broke. Tap-tap-tap ; A monster unchained ; Cauldron ; The night of the Johnstown Flood ; Alone in the world -- Part III: Justice and charity. Some convulsion ; Poor, lone woman ; Frozen with fear ; Strict liability -- Epilogue: Song and story.
9780062670786 0062670786
Floods--History--Pennsylvania--Johnstown (Cambria County)--19th century.
Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)--History--19th century.
Large type books.