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Floodpath: The Deadliest Man-Made Disaster of 20th-Century America and the Making of Modern Los Angeles
Floodpath The Deadliest ManMade Disaster of 20thCentury America and the Making of Modern Los Angeles
Author: Jon Wilkman
Just before midnight on March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam, a twenty-story-high concrete structure just fifty miles north of Los Angeles, suddenly collapsed, releasing a devastating flood that roared fifty-four miles to the Pacific Ocean, destroying everything in its path. It was a horrific catastrophe, yet one which today is virtually forgotte...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781620409176
ISBN-10: 1620409178
Publication Date: 4/4/2017
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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