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The Johnstown Flood draws you into the last ordinary hours before catastrophe, then pulls you through the storm, the desperate struggle to save a failing dam, the unanswered warnings, and the wave that erased whole communities before slamming into the heart of the city. Here are the workers and families below, the caretakers racing against impossible odds above, the stone bridge that became a death trap, and the wealthy club owners whose choices shadowed everything that followed. It is a true story told with the force of a thriller.
Vivid, exact, and deeply human, this book reconstructs the disaster through the people who lived it and the decisions that made it possible. More than a story of nature's fury, it is a reckoning with inequality, negligence, and the price of ignoring obvious danger. Once you enter Johnstown on that last normal morning, you will not want to leave.
The Johnstown Flood draws you into the last ordinary hours before catastrophe, then pulls you through the storm, the desperate struggle to save a failing dam, the unanswered warnings, and the wave that erased whole communities before slamming into the heart of the city. Here are the workers and families below, the caretakers racing against impossible odds above, the stone bridge that became a death trap, and the wealthy club owners whose choices shadowed everything that followed. It is a true story told with the force of a thriller.
Vivid, exact, and deeply human, this book reconstructs the disaster through the people who lived it and the decisions that made it possible. More than a story of nature's fury, it is a reckoning with inequality, negligence, and the price of ignoring obvious danger. Once you enter Johnstown on that last normal morning, you will not want to leave.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Regionalgeschichte |
| Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Reihe: | One Day in History |
| ISBN-13: | 9798896653288 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Ledford, Marin |
| Hersteller: |
NobleTrex Press
One Day in History |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 216 x 140 x 11 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Marin Ledford |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 24.06.2026 |
| Gewicht: | 0,266 kg |
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