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The Johnstown Flood: A Thriving City of 30,000 Inhabitants and Many Great Industrial Establishments Nearly Wiped from Earth: Many Thousands Drowned or

The Johnstown Flood: A Thriving City of 30,000 Inhabitants and Many Great Industrial Establishments Nearly Wiped from Earth: Many Thousands Drowned or

Dieck, Herman

Paperback

Gifts & Stationery GeneralTravel GeneralRegional: Middle Atlantic

ISBN10: 0271024976
ISBN13: 9780271024974
Publisher: Metalmark Books
Published: Apr 15 2008
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

On May 31, 1889, the South Fork Dam upstream of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, failed, unleashing a torrent of water that killed more than two thousand people and destroyed the city. Herman Dieck's Johnstown Flood, published shortly after the event, offers sensational stories of death, escape, sacrifice, and survival along with demographic reports and an investigation of several myths-such as the legend of a Paul Revere-like messenger on horseback racing down the valley, warning of the impending flood.

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