american prophecy disasters

books:

2 reviews
Peg Kehret

Aladdin, 1999

A really good book!
Ever since their trips back in time to the eruption of Mount Saint Helens in 1980 and a Minnesotta blizzard in 1940 nearly ended in disaster, Warren and Betsy have vowed never again to use the Instant Communter, invented by Warren's grandfather, to travel back in time. When assigned a report on the Johnstown Flood in 1889, they interview a ninety year old man whose parents survived the flood, ...

The Day It Rained Forever: A Story of the Johnstown Flood (Once Upon America)

3 reviews
Virginia T. Gross

Puffin, 1993

A child's view of the Johnstown Flood & aftermath FOR KIDS!
This is a gentle, grade school book, written for young readers...NOT a text research book. As such, it must be viewed in a special light: will it scare the reader, is it clear, is there a moral, is it factual? The answer may be yest to all the above, except, it need not frighten the reader. The one chapter that describes the floodwaters and the vanishing of a family member is done by ...

The Johnstown Flood of 1889 (Great Historic Disasters)
Rachel A. Koestler-Grack

Chelsea House Publications, 2008

On May 31, 1889, the people of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, got the surprise of the century, one that claimed the lives of more than 2,200 men, women, and children. In the mountains that overlooked the booming coal-and-steel town, the restless waters of Lake Conemaugh churned behind the South Fork Dam, a hastily built earthen structure. The soft rain that had been falling that afternoon took an angry turn, filling the belly of Lake Conemaugh over ...

The Johnstown Flood

1 review
David McCullough, 2006

Tells the Story Accurately and Vividly and Grapples with the Larger Issues Raised by the Flood
There is a saying, not original to me, that events are of record, but reality is a construct. McCullough does the research necessary to state the essential facts of this historical event. This is no mean task, given all the disinformation and misinformation in the historical record. But what is even more impressive is McCullough's ability to show why there is so much inaccuracy in the writing ...

The Johnstown Flood

90 reviews
David McCullough

Simon & Schuster, 1987

Johnstown Flood
Johnstown Flood. David McCullough. 1967. 304 Pages. This was a good book. I read it as a prelude to David McCullough's lecture on 21SEP2006 in Scranton. The book is 70% social history (it was written in 1967!). It is well written and the photos are interesting. About 15% is prelude to disaster, setting the scene. About 20% is post disaster, recovery. Some of that is quite interesting. ...

Jennie (Sunfire #31)

2 reviews
Jane Claypool Miner

Point, 1989

My first Sunfire book-it was wonderful!
This was the first Sunfire book I have read and it was wonderful! It was about Jennie Brooks, a young, spirited girl who lives in 1889 Johnstown. Her Aunt, who is a telegraph operator in South Fork, is sick and needs someone to take her place. So they call Jennie up who knows morse code. When Jennie arrives at South Fork's train station her old friend Jim Hurst greets her. Jim obivously likes her ...

Johnstown Flood: The Day the Dam Burst (American Disasters)
Mary Gow

Enslow Publishers, 2003

Prophecy

10 reviews
Paul Mark Tag

iUniverse, Inc., 2007

Sue Cricelli, nurse
I enjoyed reading this mystery thriller. This book puts Silverstein and Kipling in another suspensful situation in which Lopez and the CIA must get involved. The characters are strong, plot believable. Since I do all my reading at night before bed, I really appreciate short power packed chapters. I could hardly put the book down. Looking forward to another book from this author, with perhaps ...