The Story of Johnstown
The Story of Johnstown, published just a year after the devastating Johnstown flood of May 1889, is considered by many to be one of the best contemporary journalistic accounts of the flood. J. J. McLaurin, who was working as a journalist for the Harrisburg Telegram, witnessed the flood firsthand and...
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| description | The Story of Johnstown, published just a year after the devastating Johnstown flood of May 1889, is considered by many to be one of the best contemporary journalistic accounts of the flood. J. J. McLaurin, who was working as a journalist for the Harrisburg Telegram, witnessed the flood firsthand and survived to write about it. His detailed account is illustrated with moving photographs of the flood’s wreckage and aftermath. It is also accompanied by a history of the area from the colonial period, which looks at the town’s early settlement and development, the Cambria Iron Company, and the construction of the ill-fated South Fork Dam on the Conemaugh River. McLaurin’s direct, poignant account of the tragic Johnstown flood and its wake is a testament not only to the historic events but also to the people affected by the disaster—both those who perished and those who survived to rebuild their community. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1585712025-04-18T04:08:19Z The Story of Johnstown McLaurin, J. J. History of the Americas The Story of Johnstown, published just a year after the devastating Johnstown flood of May 1889, is considered by many to be one of the best contemporary journalistic accounts of the flood. J. J. McLaurin, who was working as a journalist for the Harrisburg Telegram, witnessed the flood firsthand and survived to write about it. His detailed account is illustrated with moving photographs of the flood’s wreckage and aftermath. It is also accompanied by a history of the area from the colonial period, which looks at the town’s early settlement and development, the Cambria Iron Company, and the construction of the ill-fated South Fork Dam on the Conemaugh River. McLaurin’s direct, poignant account of the tragic Johnstown flood and its wake is a testament not only to the historic events but also to the people affected by the disaster—both those who perished and those who survived to rebuild their community. 2025-04-18T04:08:17Z 2025-04-18T04:08:17Z 2025-04-17T09:49:12Z 1890 book ONIX_20250417_9780271100937_47 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/100937 9780271100937 9780271064529 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/158571 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/100937/1/9780271100937.pdf Penn State University Press Metalmark e4e05b94-0f85-49a1-ba66-543b1dd40087 Penn State University 25eaec65-b556-4602-ba6d-ed286e74dde5 9780271100937 9780271064529 Metalmark 378 University Park [...] open access |
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