{"product_id":"history-of-the-great-flood-j-s-ogilvie-9780271024943","title":"History of the Great Flood in Johnstown, Pa., May 31, 1889, by Which over Ten Thousand Lives Were Lost","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublisher J. S. Ogilvie's\u003ci\u003e History of the Great Flood\u003c\/i\u003e gathers many first-person accounts of the Johnstown disaster of May 1889, offering a largely sensationalized compilation of articles and interviews concerning the event. (The title's declaration of 10,000 deaths should alert readers to treat Ogilvie's facts with skepticism--the official death toll from the Johnstown Flood was just above 2,200.) The book features a variety of illustrations, including morbid images of bodies deposited in trees, tragic scenes of hospital wards overflowing with flood victims, and depictions of rescue efforts among the ruins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe interest of this work lies in the blending of truth and myth in the narratives told by a traumatized community emerging from the floodwaters. This portrait of the memorialized Pennsylvania disaster is an especially valuable source for those in the fields of media studies, historiography, and trauma psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. S. Ogilvie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271024941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271024943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.59d","brand":"J. S. Ogilvie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44159193874687,"sku":"9780271024943","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_846f371e-2bf4-4f47-8e78-e1128bc5cfcc.jpg?v=1689081166","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/history-of-the-great-flood-j-s-ogilvie-9780271024943","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}