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Graced by David McCullough's remarkable gift for writing richly textured, sympathetic social history, The Johnstown Flood is an absorbing portrait of life in 19th-century America, of overweening confidence, of energy, and of tragedy. This is a powerful historical lesson for our century and all times: the danger of assuming that because people ...
1977 Johnstown Flood: photo credit: Tribune Democrat . On the evening of July 19th, 1977, Multiple thunderstorms rolled through western Pennsylvania dropping 2 to 12 inches of rain. The heaviest rain fell over the southern half of Cambria County where 10 to 12 inches accumulated.
17 mag 2023 · The Johnstown Flood of 1889 was one of the worst natural disasters in American history. It caused an unprecedented level of destruction and loss of life. But what was the cause of this horrific event, and could it have been avoided? And what do the circumstances around the flood, and its recovery, teach us about the best and worst of human ...
28 dic 2023 · On May 28, 1889, a storm swept through Johnstown Pennsylvania leaving behind wreckage, devastation, and deaths. This guide provides access to material related to the "Johnston Flood" in the Chronicling America digital collection of historic newspapers.
Eventually, it slammed into the prosperous steel hub of Johnstown and killed thousands, injured thousands more, and obliterated the town. The disaster was soon named the Johnstown Flood. Outraged survivors demanded that justice be served to the Pittsburgh tycoons who had owned the lake and the dam.
The Johnstown Flood Museum recreates the 1889 Flood with exhibits, artifacts and the Academy Award® winning film, The Johnstown Flood. This film is the only museum-commissioned documentary that has won an Academy Award® in the short subject documentary category. The museum not only tells the story of the flood, but the town’s triumphant ...
Books. Johnstown Flood. David McCullough. Simon and Schuster, May 31, 2007 - History - 304 pages. 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 ...
