{"product_id":"ruthless-tide-the-heroes-and-villains-of-the-johnstown-flood-americas-astonishing-gilded-age-disaster-9780062670786","title":"Ruthless Tide: The Heroes and Villains of the Johnstown Flood, America's Astonishing Gilded Age Disaster","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Al Roker\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: William Morrow Large Print\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: William Morrow Large Print\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - State \u0026amp; Local - Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCentral 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 Henry Clay Frick and Andrew Carnegie. Though the engineers telegraphed a warning to neighboring towns, residents--factory workers and their families--remained in their homes, used to false alarms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 3:10 p.m., the dam gave way, releasing 20 million tons of water. 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 today remains the deadliest in U.S. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408333168791,"sku":"9780062670786","price":2345.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780062670786.webp?v=1767105677","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ruthless-tide-the-heroes-and-villains-of-the-johnstown-flood-americas-astonishing-gilded-age-disaster-9780062670786","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}