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Al Roker

Ruthless Tide

The Heroes and Villains of the Johnstown Flood, America's Astonishing Gilded Age Disaster

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From NBC host and legendary weather authority Al Roker, a gripping and definitive account celebrating the remarkable heroes of the Johnstown Flood—the deadliest in U.S. historyCentral Pennsylvania, May 31, 1889: After a deluge of rainfall—nearly a foot in less than twenty-four hours—swelled the Little Conemaugh River, swiftly rising waters threatened to breach the South Fork dam, built to create a private lake for a fishing and hunting club that counted among its members Andrew Mellon, Henry Clay Frick, and Andrew Carnegie. At 3:10 p.m., the dam gave way, releasing 20 million tons of water. Traveling 40 miles an hour, with swells as high as 6… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-06-244553-7
  • EAN: 9780062445537
  • Produktnummer: 27897290
  • Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Seitenangabe: 320 S.
  • Ausstattung: Trade Paperback

Über den Autor


Al Roker is cohost of NBC’s Today. He has received thirteen Emmy Awards, ten for his work on Today. He is the author of The Storm of the Century, an acclaimed history of the 1900 Galveston hurricane. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, ABC News and 20/20 correspondent Deborah Roberts, and has two daughters and a son.

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