| The Johnstown Flood Contributor(s): McCullough, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0671207148 ISBN-13: 9780671207144 Publisher: Simon & Schuster
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 1987 Annotation: The bestselling author of The Path Between the Seas and Mornings on Horseback makes available again his classic chronicle of the tragic Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood of 1889. Click for more in this series: Touchstone Books (Paperback) |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - History | United States - 19th Century - Social Science | Disasters & Disaster Relief |
| Dewey: 974.877 |
| LCCN: 86026056 |
| Series: Touchstone Books (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.38" W x 9.1" L (0.85 lbs) 302 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Locality - Johnstown, Pennsylvania - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 |
| Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
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| Publisher Description: 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 tow |
Contributor Bio(s): McCullough, David: - David McCullough has twice received the Pulitzer Prize, for Truman and John Adams, and twice received the National Book Award, for The Path Between the Seas and Mornings on Horseback. His other acclaimed books include The Johnstown Flood, The Great Bridge, Brave Companions, 1776, The Greater Journey, The American Spirit, and The Wright Brothers. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. Visit DavidMcCullough.com. |
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