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Floodpath, the deadliest man-made disaster of 20th-century America and the making of modern Los Angeles, Jon Wilkman

Label
Floodpath, the deadliest man-made disaster of 20th-century America and the making of modern Los Angeles, Jon Wilkman
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Floodpath
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
907966087
Responsibility statement
Jon Wilkman
Sub title
the deadliest man-made disaster of 20th-century America and the making of modern Los Angeles
Summary
Examines how the controversial 1928 failure of the St. Francis Dam caused major geological changes that rendered Los Angeles one of America's largest cities and served as a lesson to human limitation
Content
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