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A Walking Tour of Historic Johnstown |
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B014 |
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$3.95 |
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 | This booklet provides full-color photographs of 51 downtown historic structures, several of which survived the 1889 flood, and information about their history, architecture and current usage. A map and suggested walking tour route is included. This booklet was funded by 1st Summit Bank and published by the Johnstown Area Heritage Association in 2008. |
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Edward Young Townsend: Unsung Hero of the Johnstown Flood |
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B119 |
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$6.50 |
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 | By Edward Young Townsend's great-grandson, Thomas P. Townsend. A privately-published account of how Edward Townsend,an executive in the Cambria Iron Company, helped get the steel mills back into operation after the great flood of 1889. In paperback, 51 pages. |
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Run for the Hills |
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B310 |
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$12.95 |
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 | By Johnstown native Elva Knavel. A novel, primarily for young people aged 12-14, based around the events of the flood. In paperback, 139 pages. |
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The 1889 Flood in Johnstown, Pennsylvania |
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B188 |
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$24.95 |
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 | By Johnstown native Dr. Michael R. McGough. A narrative of the catastrophic Johnstown flood of 1889, including many photographs. In paperback, 180 pages. |
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The Johnstown Flood |
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B009 |
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$14.95 |
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 | By famous historian David McCullough, author of "John Adams" and the current bestseller "1776." This is the best popular history of the Johnstown flood of 1889. A terrific read! The New Yorker wrote, "A first-rate example of the documentary method...Mr. McCullough is a good writer and painstaking reporter and he has re-created that almost mythic cataclysm...with the thoroughness the subject demands." According to the New York Times, the book is "...a superb job, scholarly yet vivid, balanced yet incisive." In paperback, 302 pages. |
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The Johnstown Flood -- DVD |
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A011 |
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$26.95 |
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 | Produced by Charles Guggenheim, this 26-minute documentary was commissioned by the Johnstown Flood Museum and won the 1989 Academy Award for Best Documentary -- Short Subject. It is shown every hour at the museum, and provides an excellent overview of the flood story. DVD version. |
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The Johnstown Flood and Other Stories |
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B018 |
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$2.95 |
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 | A Pennsylvania Profiles book by Patrick M. Reynolds. Tells the story of the 1889 flood in comic-book format. Additional stories from southwestern Pennsylvania include The Priest Who Invented the Radio. Booklet, 151 pages. |
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The Terrible Wave |
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B012 |
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$7.95 |
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 | A novel for young people by Marden Dahlstedt, based on the Johnstown flood of 1889. This novel is often used by teachers; many visitors to the Johnstown Flood Museum report that their children first introduced them to the story of the flood after having read this book in class. In paperback, 125 pages. |
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Three Floods: 1889, 1936, 1977 |
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B006 |
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$7.95 |
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 | Excerpts from the dissertation of Edwin L. Hutchison, this booklet features photography and narrative about Johnstown's three most famous floods. |
