The Resource Ruthless tide : the heroes and villains of the Johnstown flood, America's astonishing gilded age disaster, Al Roker, (large print)
Ruthless tide : the heroes and villains of the Johnstown flood, America's astonishing gilded age disaster, Al Roker, (large print)
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The item Ruthless tide : the heroes and villains of the Johnstown flood, America's astonishing gilded age disaster, Al Roker, (large print) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition ; First HarperLuxe edition.
- Extent
- vi, 390 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780062670786
- Label
- Ruthless tide : the heroes and villains of the Johnstown flood, America's astonishing gilded age disaster
- Title
- Ruthless tide
- Title remainder
- the heroes and villains of the Johnstown flood, America's astonishing gilded age disaster
- Statement of responsibility
- Al Roker
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1954-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Roker, Al
- Dewey number
- 974.8/77
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- F159.J7
- LC item number
- R65 2018b
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Floods
- Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Ruthless tide : the heroes and villains of the Johnstown flood, America's astonishing gilded age disaster, Al Roker, (large print)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn960842006
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Large print edition ; First HarperLuxe edition.
- Extent
- vi, 390 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780062670786
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Note
- 974.877 R639A ; XX-NL ; LP ; [A17BP152, #51, 6@28.99, LAP/CD]
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 960842006
- (OCoLC)960842006
- Label
- Ruthless tide : the heroes and villains of the Johnstown flood, America's astonishing gilded age disaster, Al Roker, (large print)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn960842006
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Large print edition ; First HarperLuxe edition.
- Extent
- vi, 390 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780062670786
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Note
- 974.877 R639A ; XX-NL ; LP ; [A17BP152, #51, 6@28.99, LAP/CD]
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 960842006
- (OCoLC)960842006
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