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I finished my reread of this book on 8/23/24 as part of the McCullough Readalong I'm hosting on Booktube. We are reading all the history books of David McCullough in the order in which they were published. This was his first.
It is a great tragedy that so many people died or suffered due to a earthen dam failure. There was so much incompetence on the part of the dam owners over the years.
My original review, from 2023:
This is one of the most horrifying nonfiction books I've ever read yet it is fu ...more
It is a great tragedy that so many people died or suffered due to a earthen dam failure. There was so much incompetence on the part of the dam owners over the years.
My original review, from 2023:
This is one of the most horrifying nonfiction books I've ever read yet it is fu ...more
What an engrossing story!!! I went into it just regarding it as research for something I'm working on but it is an amazing story and quite horrifying, too. Some of the post-flood details are right up there with anything Konrath could come up with!
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Mar 28, 2008
Tracyene
marked it as to-read
Aug 11, 2011
superawesomekt
marked it as bibliocurious
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review of another edition
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Jan 25, 2013
Ginger
marked it as to-read
Mar 11, 2015
Erica
marked it as to-read
Aug 31, 2016
Kathy Jo
marked it as to-read
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