Johnstown Flood - Hardcover

McCullough, David

4.13

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ISBN 10: 0844662925 ISBN 13: 9780844662923

Publisher: Peter Smith Pub Inc, 1987

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A graphic account of the collapse of a poorly constructed dam and the resulting flood which killed 2,000 people and caused a nationwide scandal

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Review:

"The New Yorker"

A first rate example of the documentary method....Mr. McCullough is a good writer and painstaking reporter and he has re-created that now almost mythic cataclysm...with the thoroughness the subject demands.

"The New York Times"

We have no better social historian.

John Leonard

"The New York Times"

We have no better social historian.

"Book World"

McCullough has resurrected the flood for a generation that may know it in name only. He proves the subject is still fresh and spectacular.

"The New York Times"We have no better social historian.

John Leonard"The New York Times"We have no better social historian.

"Book World"McCullough has resurrected the flood for a generation that may know it in name only. He proves the subject is still fresh and spectacular.

"The New Yorker"A first rate example of the documentary method....Mr. McCullough is a good writer and painstaking reporter and he has re-created that now almost mythic cataclysm...with the thoroughness the subject demands.

"The New Yorker" A first rate example of the documentary method....Mr. McCullough is a good writer and painstaking reporter and he has re-created that now almost mythic cataclysm...with the thoroughness the subject demands.

"The New York Times" We have no better social historian.

About the Author:

David McCullough has twice received the Pulitzer Prize, for Truman and John Adams, and twice received the National Book Award, for The Path Between the Seas and Mornings on Horseback. His other acclaimed books include The Johnstown Flood, The Great Bridge, Brave Companions, 1776, The Greater Journey, and The Wright Brothers. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. Visit DavidMcCullough.com.

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