The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough

The Johnstown Flood

David McCullough

9 hours, 3 minutes first pub 1968 (editions) user-added

nonfiction historical history informative reflective medium-paced

Description

The stunning story of one of America's great disasters, a preventable tragedy of Gilded Age America, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough. At the end of the nineteenth century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a booming coal-and-steel...

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Moods

informative 93%
sad 46%
emotional 34%
reflective 31%
tense 31%
challenging 21%
dark 21%
adventurous 15%
hopeful 3%
mysterious 3%

Pace

medium 51%
slow 37%
fast 11%

Average rating

3.97

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