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003 OCoLC
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008 161014s2018 nyua b 000 0 eng d
040 _aBTCTA
_beng
_cBTCTA
_dBDX
_dVTL
_dFM0
_dNFG
020 _a9780062670786
020 _a0062670786
035 _a(OCoLC)960842006
092 _a974.877
_bR742
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aRoker, Al,
_d1954-
_eauthor.
_9138537
245 1 0 _aRuthless tide :
_bthe heroes and villains of the Johnstown flood, America's astonishing gilded age disaster /
_cAl Roker.
250 _aFirst HarperLuxe edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bHarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
_c2018.
300 _avi, 390 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 379-390).
505 0 _aPrologue: "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.
650 0 _aFloods
_zPennsylvania
_zJohnstown (Cambria County)
_xHistory
_y19th century.
_9229447
651 0 _aJohnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)
_xHistory
_y19th century.
_9229448
655 0 _aLarge type books.
_9848
994 _aC0
_bNFG
999 _c272791
_d272791