"Überschwemmung." . . "Inondations Pennsylvanie Johnstown." . . "Johnstown, Pa." . . "1800 - 1899" . . "HISTORY." . . "History." . "Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)" . . "OverDrive, Inc." . . "McCullough, David" . . "Autographed books Ventura College." . . "United States, Pennsylvania, Cambria, Johnstown" . . . . "Johnstown (Stany Zjednoczone)" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Gab bags"@en . . "A graphic account of the collapse of a poorly constructed dam and the resulting flood which killed 2,000 people and caused a nationwide scandal." . . . "The Johnstown Flood" . . "The Johnstown Flood"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Johnstown flood" . . . . "At the end of the last 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."@en . . . "The Johnstown flood. [With illustrations.]"@en . . . "A history of the 1889 flood that killed over 2,000 people in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Based on letters, diaries, historical records, and interviews with survivors."@en . "A history of the 1889 flood that killed over 2,000 people in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Based on letters, diaries, historical records, and interviews with survivors." . . . "History" . "History"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Johnstown flood" . "The Johnstown flood"@en . . . . "The Johnstown flood [a Gab bag for book discussion groups]"@en . . . . "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. This book paints the classic portrait of life in nineteenth-century America, of overwhelming confidence, of energy, and of tragedy. It 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. -- from Back Cover." . "Electronic books"@en . . . . "Personal narratives" . "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. 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."@en . . "Floods Pennsylvania Johnstown (Cambria County)" . . "Johnstown." . . "Powodzie Stany Zjednoczone Johnstown." . . "Johnstown, Pa. Flood, 1889." . . "Geschichte." . .