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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Roker, Al, 1954- author.     Subjects     Floods -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County) -- History -- 19th century.     Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.) -- History -- 19th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Roker, Al, 1954- author.       by title:      Ruthless tide [large...         MARC Display

Ruthless tide [large type] : the heroes and villains of the Johnstown flood, America's astonishing gilded age disaster / Al Roker. by Roker, Al, 1954- author. New York, NY : HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018] Subjects Floods -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County) -- History -- 19th century.   Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.) -- History -- 19th century. ISBN:  9780062670786 (large print ; paperback) 0062670786 (large print ; paperback) Description:  vi, 390 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm Edition:  First HarperLuxe edition. Contents:  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. Requests:  0 Summary:  It was the deadliest flood in U.S. history: a foot of rain in less than twenty-hour hours swelled the Little Conemaugh River, breached the South Fork dam, and killed more than 2,200 people. Roker presents a narrative history of the 1889 Johnstown Flood. He chronicles key events, the damage that rendered the flood one of America's worst disasters, and the pivotal contributions of key figures.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Library For The Blind and Print Disabled Large Type LT 974.877 Ro Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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