History of the Johnstown Flood. Including All the Fearful Record; The Breaking of the South Fork Dam; The Sweeping Out of the Conemaugh Valley; The Overthrow of Johnstown; The Massing of the Wreck at the Railroad Bridge; Escapes, Rescues, Searches for Survivors and the Dead; Relief Organizations, Stupendous Charities, etc., Etc.
by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Edgewood Publishing Co. 1889. (Hardcover) 459pp. Good to very good, no dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Patterned endpapers. Map frontispiece, photographs, illustrations. The covers are rubbed and edgeworn, gilt lettering is faded, and there is a previous owner's name. Book about Johnstown Flood. Locale: Johnstown--Pennsylvania; United States. (History--United States, Floods, Western America).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 151834
- Title
- History of the Johnstown Flood. Including All the Fearful Record; The Breaking of the South Fork Dam; The Sweeping Out of the Conemaugh Valley; The Overthrow of Johnstown; The Massing of the Wreck at the Railroad Bridge; Escapes, Rescues, Searches for Survivors and the Dead; Relief Organizations, Stupendous Charities, etc., Etc.
- Author
- Johnson, Willis Fletcher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Edgewood Publishing Co.
- Keywords
- History--United States, Floods, Western America
- Bookseller catalogs
- AMERICAN HISTORY;
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Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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- Gilt
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