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Book Synopsis Can You Survive the Johnstown Flood? by : Steven Otfinoski
Download or read book Can You Survive the Johnstown Flood? written by Steven Otfinoski and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2022 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 31, 1889, heavy rains and a dam failure sent flood waters sweeping into Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The 50-foot-high wall of water quickly demolished much of the town. Will you and your new husband be able to escape certain doom as you wait for your train to leave the station? Can you climb onto your house's roof for safety before the building completely fills with water? Will you join in the effort to save others who are floating by on the roofs of their houses? With dozens of possible choices, it's up to YOU to find a way to survive one of the deadliest disasters in American history.
Book Synopsis Can You Survive the Johnstown Flood? by : Steven Otfinoski
Download or read book Can You Survive the Johnstown Flood? written by Steven Otfinoski and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2022 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Johnstown Flood, 1889 by : Daniel Leathers
Download or read book The Johnstown Flood, 1889 written by Daniel Leathers and published by Mitchell Lane. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gertrude Quinn was only six years old when her world was changed forever. In a matter of minutes, she and thousands of other people in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, found themselves fighting for their lives in swirling water that covered their city. Gertrude Quinn was one of the lucky ones. She survived the great Johnstown Flood of 1889. More than 2,200 other people were not as lucky. They died in one of the worst natural disasters in the History of the United States. Even though more than 120 years have passed since this disaster, we can still learn important lessons from the Johnstown Flood. In this book you will find out how the South Fork Dam and heavy rainfall worked together to cause the flood. You will understand the flood better through the stories of people who survived, and see how the nation helped to rebuild the town.
Book Synopsis Surviving the Johnstown Flood by : Kathryn Mulhollen Yoder
Download or read book Surviving the Johnstown Flood written by Kathryn Mulhollen Yoder and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Nakashima insisted that he was not an artist but his furniture has been exhibited in major art museums.
Book Synopsis The Johnstown Flood: An Up2U Historical Fiction Adventure by : John and Lisa Mullarkey
Download or read book The Johnstown Flood: An Up2U Historical Fiction Adventure written by John and Lisa Mullarkey and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Up2U Adventures?where the ending is Up2U! On May 31, 1889, the rains flooded Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Sarah Beth, her mother, and Vincent?a boy she likes?struggle to save what they can from the flooding. At the same time, her father is working to clear the railroad tracks into town. Who will survive when the dam collapses? The ending is Up2U. Calico Chapter Books is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades 2-5.
Book Synopsis Johnstown Flood by : Lisa and John Mullarkey
Download or read book Johnstown Flood written by Lisa and John Mullarkey and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Up2U Adventures--where the ending is Up2U! On May 31, 1889, the rains flooded Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Sarah Beth, her mother, and Vincent--a boy she likes--struggle to save what they can from the flooding. At the same time, her father is working to clear the railroad tracks into town. Who will survive when the dam collapses? The ending is Up2U, so which ending will you choose? Calico Chapter Books is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades 2-5.
Book Synopsis The Johnstown Flood by : Herman Dieck
Download or read book The Johnstown Flood written by Herman Dieck and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis The Johnstown Flood of 1889 by : Charles River Charles River Editors
Download or read book The Johnstown Flood of 1889 written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the flood written by survivors *Includes a bibliography for further reading "The deluge released by the dam's collapse carried more than 12,000 cubic meters of debris-filled water each second. Flow rates in the Mississippi River typically vary between 7,000 and 20,000 cubic meters per second." - Sid Perkins, Science News, Vol.176 In 2005, the world watched in horror as Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans, and the calamity seemed all the worse because many felt that technology had advanced far enough to prevent such tragedies, whether through advanced warning or engineering. However, the failure of human engineering like that seen in New Orleans was nothing new, and it had previously had even deadlier consequences in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Although floods rarely get as much coverage as other kinds of natural disasters like volcanic explosions, the Johnstown Flood of 1889 has remained an exception due to the sheer destruction and magnitude of the disaster. On May 31, 1889, Johnstown became a casualty of a combination of heavy rains and the failure of the South Fork Dam to stem the rising water levels of Lake Conemaugh about 15 miles away. The dam's inability to contain the water and its subsequent collapse resulted in a catastrophic flood that swept through the town with virtually no warning. With water flowing at a rate equivalent to the Mississippi River, a tide of water and debris 60 feet high and traveling 40 miles per hour in some places surged through Johnstown and swept away people and property alike. The flood ultimately resulted in the deaths of over 2,000 people and destroyed thousands of buildings, wreaking damages estimated to be the equivalent of nearly half a billion dollars today. In 1889, the Johnstown Flood was the deadliest natural disaster in American history, and though it was later surpassed by other events, the unprecedented nature of the flood led to relief efforts never before seen, including by the Red Cross. The Johnstown Flood also led to a change in laws as people tried and failed to recoup damages caused by the collapse of the dam and the subsequent flood. The Johnstown Flood of 1889 chronicles the story America's deadliest natural disaster during the 19th century. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Johnstown Flood like never before, in no time at all.
Book Synopsis Official History of the Johnstown Flood by : Frank Connelly
Download or read book Official History of the Johnstown Flood written by Frank Connelly and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis Johnstown Flood of 1889 by : Rachel A. Koestler-Grack
Download or read book Johnstown Flood of 1889 written by Rachel A. Koestler-Grack and published by Facts On File. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 31, 1889, the people of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, got the surprise of the century, one that claimed the lives of more than 2,200 men, women, and children. In the mountains that overlooked the booming coal-and-steel town, the restless waters of Lake Conemaugh churned behind the South Fork Dam, a hastily built earthen structure. The soft rain that had been falling that afternoon took an angry turn, filling the belly of Lake Conemaugh over capacity. In a matter of hours, the lake began spilling over the top and ultimately burst its earthen restraints. Like a roaring hurricane, 20 million tons of water cascaded down the Conemaugh Valley, stripping the landscape raw and eating up any scrap of life in its path. Lake Conemaugh's final destination was Johnstown, where its effects are still felt by the people who live there. The horrible tragedy of the Johnstown Flood quickly turned into one of the nation's hottest scandals and taught a powerful lesson to the people of the Conemaugh Valley.-P.[4] of Cover.
Book Synopsis How to Survive a Flood by : Matt Doeden
Download or read book How to Survive a Flood written by Matt Doeden and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2009 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Briefly presents specific survival strategies that can be used in a flood"--Provided by publisher.
Book Synopsis History of the Great Flood in Johnstown, Pa., May 31, 1889 by : John Stuart Ogilvie
Download or read book History of the Great Flood in Johnstown, Pa., May 31, 1889 written by John Stuart Ogilvie and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mega-Dams in World Literature by : Margaret Ziolkowski
Download or read book Mega-Dams in World Literature written by Margaret Ziolkowski and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2024-04-15 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mega-Dams in World Literature reveals the varied effects of large dams on people and their environments as expressed in literary works, focusing on the shifting attitudes toward large dams that emerged over the course of the twentieth century. Margaret Ziolkowski covers the enthusiasm for large-dam construction that took place during the mid-twentieth-century heyday of mega-dams, the increasing number of people displaced by dams, the troubling environmental effects they incur, and the types of destruction and protest to which they may be subject. Using North American, Native American, Russian, Egyptian, Indian, and Chinese novels and poems, Ziolkowski explores the supposed progress that these structures bring. The book asks how the human urge to exploit and control waterways has affected our relationships to nature and the environment and argues that the high modernism of the twentieth century, along with its preoccupation with development, casts the hydroelectric dam as a central symbol of domination over nature and the power of the nation state. Beyond examining the exultation of large dams as symbols of progress, Mega-Dams in World Literature takes a broad international and cultural approach that humanizes and personalizes the major issues associated with large dams through nuanced analyses, paying particular attention to issues engendered by high modernism and settler colonialism. Both general and specialist readers interested in human-environment relationships will enjoy this prescient book.
Book Synopsis The Johnstown Flood by : David G. McCullough
Download or read book The Johnstown Flood written by David G. McCullough and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Johnstown Flood by : Herman Dieck
Download or read book The Johnstown Flood written by Herman Dieck and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Johnstown Flood written by Mary Gow and published by Enslow Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the great Johnstown, Pennsylvania, flood of 1889, when a dam failed and over two thousand people died, making this one of the worst peacetime disasters in the history of the United States.
Book Synopsis The Johnstown Flood by : Marc Tyler Nobleman
Download or read book The Johnstown Flood written by Marc Tyler Nobleman and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recalls the story of the 1889 flood of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where heavy rains combined with a dam break and poor planning, killed over two thousand people and caused millions of dollars in property damage.
