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Title: Compelling and Informative
Review: The Johnstown Flood was a compelling read. Prior to my reading this book, I knew very little about the flood that devastated this town in western PA over 100 years ago. Mr. McCullough provides the background to the factors that resulted in this devastating flood that killed over 2,000 individuals. The reader gets to know some of the people who lived in Johnstown and died on that fateful day. This intimacy is heart tugging at times particulaly when describing young children and their parents who were swept away or crushed to death from the debris that engulfed them. Mr. McCullough describes how railroad cars were bounced around which illustrates the magnitude and ferocity of this flood. I had been familar with Mr. McCullough's prowess as a writer having previously read John Adams and 1776, both of which were informative and interesting. The same can be said of The Johnstown Flood.
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