History of the Johnstown Flood (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. The 1889 South Fork Dam Collapse and the Catastrophe That Swept Pennsylvania's Conemaugh ValleyBy Willis Fletcher Johnson
Length9h 19m
About this audiobook
History of the Johnstown Flood is a vivid contemporary account of the catastrophic 1889 destruction of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, when the failure of the South Fork Dam unleashed a wall of water upon the Conemaugh Valley. Combining reportage, moral reflection, and narrative reconstruction, the book belongs to the late nineteenth-century tradition of documentary disaster writing, where eyewitness testimony, public grief, and civic analysis converge. Its prose is urgent yet orderly, seeking not merely to sensationalize calamity but to preserve its human, social, and historical meaning. Willis Fletcher Johnson, an American journalist, editor, and historian, brought to the subject the habits of a practiced newspaperman: attention to chronology, public consequence, and the dramatic force of fact. His career in journalism and historical writing equipped him to interpret the flood as more than a local tragedy. He understood it as a national event, exposing questions of industrial responsibility, engineering confidence, class privilege, and the limits of modern progress. This book is recommended to readers interested in American disaster history, nineteenth-century journalism, and the cultural memory of catastrophe. It remains valuable as both a historical source and a literary artifact, offering a compelling portrait of loss, resilience, and public accountability.
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- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
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Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length9 hrs 19 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 23, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
23CHAPTER XXI.
2PREFACE.
24CHAPTER XXII.
3CHAPTER I.
25CHAPTER XXIII.
4CHAPTER II.
26CHAPTER XXIV.
5CHAPTER III.
27CHAPTER XXV.
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6CHAPTER IV.
28CHAPTER XXVI.
7CHAPTER V.
29CHAPTER XXVII.
8CHAPTER VI.
30CHAPTER XXVIII.
9CHAPTER VII.
31CHAPTER XXIX.
10CHAPTER VIII.
32CHAPTER XXX.
11CHAPTER IX.
33CHAPTER XXXI.
12CHAPTER X.
34CHAPTER XXXII.
13CHAPTER XI.
35CHAPTER XXXIII.
14CHAPTER XII.
36CHAPTER XXXIV.
15CHAPTER XIII.
37CHAPTER XXXV.
16CHAPTER XIV.
38CHAPTER XXXVI.
17CHAPTER XV.
39CHAPTER XXXVII.
18CHAPTER XVI.
40CHAPTER XXXVIII.
19CHAPTER XVII.
41CHAPTER XXXIX.
20CHAPTER XVIII.
42CHAPTER XL.
21CHAPTER XIX.
43Memorable Quotes
22CHAPTER XX.
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