| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2018045324 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780062445513 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0062445510 |
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(hardcover) |
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| Cancelled/invalid ISBN |
9780062875938 |
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(Barnes & Noble signed edition) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| Cancelled/invalid ISBN |
9780062875921 |
| Qualifying information |
(Books-A-Million signed edition) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1035633167 |
| Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)960707364 |
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(OCoLC)981619491 |
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(OCoLC)985006957 |
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(OCoLC)1005676089 |
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(OCoLC)1021057404 |
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(OCoLC)1033705942 |
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(OCoLC)1034308230 |
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(OCoLC)1043527292 |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
n-us-pa |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
AJMA |
| 050 14 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
F159.J7 |
| Item number |
R65 2018 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
974.877 Rok |
| Item number |
15 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
974.877 Rok |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Roker, Al, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Ruthless tide : |
| Remainder of title |
the heroes and villains of the Johnstown flood, America's astonishing gilded age disaster / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Al Roker. |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Heroes and villains of the Johnstown flood |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York, NY : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
[2018] |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
2018 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
vi, 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations, map ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-292) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Prologue: "Mr. Quinn is too fearful" -- Part I: Members and nonmembers. Up on the mountain ; Down in the valley ; How to make a lake ; "No danger from our enterprise" ; Rain -- Part II: When the dam broke. Tap-tap-tap ; A monster unchained ; Cauldron ; The night of the Johnstown Flood ; Alone in the world -- Part III: Justice and charity. Some convulsion ; Poor, lone woman ; Frozen with fear ; Strict liability -- Epilogue: Song and story. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Presents a narrative history of the 1889 Johnstown Flood to chronicle key events, the damage that rendered the flood one of America's worst disasters, and the pivotal contributions of key figures, from dam engineer John Parke to American Red Cross founder Clara Barton. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"A gripping new history celebrating the remarkable heroes of the Johnstown Flood--the deadliest flood in U.S. history--from NBC host and legendary weather authority Al Roker. Central Pennsylvania, May 31, 1889: After a deluge of rain--nearly a foot in less than twenty-four hours--swelled the Little Conemaugh River, panicked engineers watched helplessly as 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. Though the engineers telegraphed neighboring towns on this last morning in May warning of the impending danger, residents--factory workers and their families--remained in their homes, having grown used to false alarms. At 3:10 P.M., the dam gave way, releasing 20 million tons of water. Gathering speed as it flowed southwest, the deluge wiped out nearly everything in its path and picked up debris--trees, houses, animals--before reaching Johnstown, a vibrant steel town fourteen miles downstream. Traveling 40 miles an hour, with swells as high as 60 feet, the deadly floodwaters razed the mill town--home to 20,000 people--in minutes. The Great Flood, as it would come to be called, remains the deadliest in US history, killing more than 2,200 people and causing $17 million in damage. In Ruthless Tide, Al Roker follows an unforgettable cast of characters whose fates converged because of that tragic day, including John Parke, the engineer whose heroic efforts failed to save the dam; the robber barons whose fancy sport fishing resort was responsible for modifications that weakened the dam; and Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross, who spent five months in Johnstown leading one of the first organized disaster relief efforts in the United States. Weaving together their stories and those of many ordinary citizens whose lives were forever altered by the event, Ruthless Tide is testament to the power of the human spirit in times of tragedy and also a timely warning about the dangers of greed, inequality, neglected infrastructure, and the ferocious, uncontrollable power of nature."--Jacket. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) |
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| Local note |
106732 |
| 648 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CHRONOLOGICAL TERM |
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| Chronological term |
1800-1899 |
| Source of heading or term |
fast |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Floods |
| Geographic subdivision |
Pennsylvania |
| -- |
Johnstown (Cambria County) |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
19th century. |
| 650 #1 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Floods |
| Geographic subdivision |
Pennsylvania |
| -- |
Johnstown (Cambria County) |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
19th century. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
History |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| General subdivision |
21st Century. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
History |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| General subdivision |
State & Local |
| -- |
Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Nature |
| General subdivision |
Natural Disasters. |
| Source of heading or term |
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| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.) |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
19th century. |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Pennsylvania |
| Geographic subdivision |
Johnstown (Cambria County) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Koha item type |
900 - 999 |