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Author : Ella Sue Rayburn
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Johnstown Flood National Memorial, Elias J. Unger House written by Ella Sue Rayburn and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Johnstown Flood National Memorial written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David McCullough
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416561226
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Johnstown Flood written by David McCullough and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-05-31 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stunning story of one of America’s great disasters, a preventable tragedy of Gilded Age America, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough. At the end of the nineteenth century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a booming coal-and-steel town filled with hardworking families striving for a piece of the nation’s burgeoning industrial prosperity. In the mountains above Johnstown, an old earth dam had been hastily rebuilt to create a lake for an exclusive summer resort patronized by the tycoons of that same industrial prosperity, among them Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and Andrew Mellon. Despite repeated warnings of possible danger, nothing was done about the dam. Then came May 31, 1889, when the dam burst, sending a wall of water thundering down the mountain, smashing through Johnstown, and killing more than 2,000 people. It was a tragedy that became a national scandal. Graced by David McCullough’s remarkable gift for writing richly textured, sympathetic social history, The Johnstown Flood is an absorbing, classic portrait of life in nineteenth-century America, of overweening confidence, of energy, and of tragedy. It also offers a powerful historical lesson for our century and all times: the danger of assuming that because people are in positions of responsibility they are necessarily behaving responsibly.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)
Download or read book Johnstown Flood National Memorial Boundary Adjustment Act of 2003 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Johnstown Flood National Memorial, Pennsylvania written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marc Tyler Nobleman
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780756517304
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (173 download)
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.
Download or read book Foundation Document Overview written by and published by . This book was released on 2013* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Neil M. Coleman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319952161
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)
Download or read book Johnstown’s Flood of 1889 written by Neil M. Coleman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science now reveals the true cause of the dam breach flood that destroyed Johnstown in 1889. The tragic loss of more than 2200 lives was preventable; the initial investigation of the flood was hijacked, delayed, and distorted by powerful members of the industrial elite. This book bridges the gap between history and science, reexamining eyewitness accounts of the flood and historic documents about the investigation, and applying new LiDAR, GPS, and hydraulic studies to solve the mystery – what caused the Great Flood of 1889? The book includes a notable chapter on the “sister” of the South Fork Dam, “The Forgotten Dam” at Hollidaysburg, PA.
Author : Ella Sue Rayburn
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (133 download)
Download or read book Johnstown Flood National Memorial, Elias J. Unger House written by Ella Sue Rayburn and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources
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Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Johnstown Flood National Memorial Boundary Adjustment Act of 2003 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ella Sue Rayburn
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666349194
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)
Download or read book Johnstown Flood National Memorial written by Ella Sue Rayburn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-25 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Johnstown Flood National Memorial: Elias J. Unger House, Historic Structure Report The research project was assigned by the Denver Service Center, Northeast Team to Ella Sue Rayburn, Petersburg National Battlefield. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Harlan D. Unrau
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (866 download)
Download or read book Johnstown Flood National Memorial, Elias J. Unger House written by Harlan D. Unrau and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kathleen E. George
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822979535
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)
Download or read book The Johnstown Girls written by Kathleen E. George and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ellen Emerson may be the last living survivor of the Johnstown flood. She was only four years old on May 31, 1889, when twenty million tons of water decimated her hometown of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Thousands perished in what was the worst natural disaster in U.S. history at the time. As we witness in The Johnstown Girls, the flood not only changed the course of history, but also the individual lives of those who survived it. A century later, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporters Ben Bragdon and Nina Collins set out to interview 103-year-old Ellen for Ben's feature article on the flood. When asked the secret to her longevity, Ellen simply attributes it to "restlessness." As we see, that restlessness is fueled by Ellen's innate belief that her twin sister Mary, who went missing in the flood, is somehow still alive. Her story intrigues Ben, but it haunts Nina, who is determined to help Ellen find her missing half. Novelist Kathleen George masterfully blends a history of the Johnstown flood into her heartrending tale of twin sisters who have never known the truth about that fateful day in 1889—a day that would send their lives hurtling down different paths. The Johnstown Girls is a remarkable story of perseverance, hard work, and never giving up hope in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. It's also a tribute to the determination and indomitable spirit of the people of Johnstown through one hundred years, three generations, and three different floods.
Author : Katherine Jean O'Connor Moore
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Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Were They Liable? written by Katherine Jean O'Connor Moore and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harlan D. Unrau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (684 download)
Download or read book Johnstown Flood National Memorial, Pennsylvania written by Harlan D. Unrau and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Johnstown Flood National Memorial, Elias J. Unger House: Historical Data written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historic Structure Report on the Elias J. Unger House. Unger was the President of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club at the time of the flood.
Author : Harlan D. Unrau
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (86 download)
Download or read book The South Fork Dam written by Harlan D. Unrau and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
