The Ghosts of Johnstown: 2209 Innocent Lives Lost to an Engineering Disaster

With the loss of thousands of lives and property destruction on a scale beyond anyone’s worst imagination, the Johnstown Flood of 1889 ranks among the country’s top three all-time worst disasters.

And, it was man-made.

In this book, we uncover the dark secrets surrounding the South Fork Dam failure: the bad decisions, the cost-cutting, the political maneuvers, and the lack of accountability.

This is a riveting tale, with villains and heroes, sacrifice and selfishness.