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The history of civil engineering may sound boring, but in David McCullough's hands it is, well, riveting. His award-winning histories of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Panama Canal were preceded by this account of the disastrous dam failure that drowned Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1889. Written while the last survivors of the flood were still alive, McCullough's narrative weaves the stories of the town, the wealthy men who owned the dam, and the forces of nature into a seamless whole. His account is unforgettable: "The wave kept on coming straight toward him, heading for the very heart of the city. Stores, houses, trees, everything was going down in front of it, and the closer it came, the bigger it seemed to grow.... The height of the wall of water was at least thirty-six feet at the center.... The drowning and devastation of the city took just about ten minutes." A powerful, definitive book, and a tribute to the thousands who died in America's worst inland flood. --Mary Ellen Curtin
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The New Yorker A first rate example of the documentary method....Mr. McCullough is a good writer and painstaking reporter and he has re-created that now almost mythic cataclysm...with the thoroughness the subject demands.
The New York Times We have no better social historian.
Book World McCullough has resurrected the flood for a generation that may know it in name only. He proves the subject is still fresh and spectacular.
John Leonard The New York Times We have no better social historian.
The New York Times We have no better social historian.
Book World McCullough has resurrected the flood for a generation that may know it in name only. He proves the subject is still fresh and spectacular.
John Leonard The New York Times We have no better social historian.
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Again that morning there had been a bright frost in the hollow below the dam, and the sun was not up long before storm clouds rolled in from the southeast. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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Again that morning there had been a bright frost in the hollow below the dam, and the sun was not up long before storm clouds rolled in from the southeast. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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At the time, (May 31, 1889) the Johnstown flood was the biggest news story in the nation since the murder of President Abraham Lincoln. A total of 2,209 residents perished when the South Fork Fishing & Hunting Club dam broke. To this end, author David McCullough documents the incredible story in meticulous (and objective) detail. In doing so...he also provides a heartbreaking account of what went wrong.
The South Fork Fishing & Hunting Club was an elite organization of the super rich and powerful. Members included, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, Philander Knox and Robert Pitcairn. McCullough concludes that the club tampered drastically with the natural order of things and had done so badly. Moreover, the club ravaged much of the mountain country's protective timber, which caused dangerous flash runoff following mountain storms; they obstructed and diminished the capacity of the rivers; and they bungled the repair and maintenance of the dam. "Perhaps worst of all they had failed...out of indifference mostly...to comprehend the possible consequences of what they were doing, and partiularly what those consequences might be should nature happen to behave in anything but the normal fashion," which according to McCullough was exactly what was to be expected of nature.
The New York Times concluded that the cause of the flood was an engineering crime...that the dam was of inferior construction. Other publications reported the nation simmered with deep seated resentment of the rich. On a positive note, the help and aid to Johnstown was the greatest ourpouring of charity that the nation had ever seen. Additionally, the doctors, nurses and sanitation crews did a "spectacular" job of preventing a typhoid epidemic. And finally the author does not fail to report the countless others who went beyond the call of duty to perform tremendous acts of bravery. Unfortunately, the club members were never held accountable and were disgustingly "stingy" with disaster funding. On that note, a poem by Isaac Reed accurately captured the moment in history;
Many thousand human lives...
Butchered husbands, slaughtered wives,
Mangled daughters, bleeding sons,
Hosts of martyred litte ones,
(Worse than Herod's awful crime)
Sent to heaven before their time;
Lovers burnt and sweethearts drowned,
Darlings lost but never found!
All the horrors that hell could wish,
Such was the price that was paid for...fish!
Bert Ruiz
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David McCullough, along with Stephen Ambrose is one of the absolute best history authors working today. "Johnstown Flood" is one of his early works, and already his incredible talent shows on every page. The story may not be as epic as his accounts of the building of the Panama Canal or the Brooklyn Bridge, but it is nevertheless a fascinating account of what can happen when man becomes arrogant enough to believe that he can master nature. Like the story of the Titanic and the Galveston Hurricane is shows how easilly nature can have the last word.
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I first heard about the Johnstown flood from a TV episode of The Time Tunnel. Intrigued, I later tripped over this book, and it's been a favorite ever since. The unspeakable arrogance of the robber barons is richly described; it was also normal behavior at that time. Some of the era's scientific and technological arrogance later contributed to the Galveston hurricane and Titanic sinking, which makes the story even more fascinating to a disaster fan. And to think that over 80% of US dams are still earth and in not that great a shape. Do we never learn? I don't recall whether McCollough won the Pulitzer Prize or not, but he certainly should have with this book. It's a keeper, an excellent addition to anyone's book collection.
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Fascinating
Even though I lived in Southwestern PA for most of my life, I knew very little about the Johnstown flood until my sister made a comment once about the Johnstown Flood Museum, and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 17. November 1999 veröffentlicht
Excellent narrative and history lesson
I liked the way McCullough focused on the individuals involved, from the young engineer Parke to the members of the exclusive South Fork club. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 22. September 1999 veröffentlicht
AN OKAY Book
It takes a long time, with some irrelevant facts, to get to the actual problems with the dam, the fishing club, and the members of the town. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 6. September 1999 veröffentlicht
Required reading for the historically minded.
I was first exposed to David McCullough while taking a Pennsylvania history class. A required reading was The Johnstown Flood, and on a day off, I sat on the porch and prepared to... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 13. August 1999 veröffentlicht
Not sure what to think
The Johnstown Flood was a very well-written novel, but I felt that some parts dragged. McCullough definitely did weave a nice story but parts could have been left out. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 5. August 1999 veröffentlicht
True to life and history
As a native and lifelong resident of Johnstown, I would not be without this book. My favorite thing about it is that he captures the people of Johnstown, their personalities and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 3. August 1999 veröffentlicht
Turns a cliche back into riveting history.
David McCullough turns the cliche of the Johnstown Flood back into history, and a warm, touching history at that. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 23. April 1999 veröffentlicht
A gripping and intriguing book
This work is a classic text of social history. It should be read by those who want to see what the neglect of the poor by the rich can cost. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 14. Februar 1999 von JOSHUA J DIVINE
As entertaining as it is informative
There are very few nonfiction books that I read from cover to cover. This book was certainly an exception. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 7. November 1998 veröffentlicht
Spellbinding history
David McCullough is one of our best modern "popular" history writers. One of McCullough's first books is The Johnstown Flood (1968). Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 1. November 1998 veröffentlicht
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