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Download or read book Johnstown, My Uncle and the Flood written by Phil Walters and published by . This book was released on 1989-05-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An individual's growing up in Johnstown & his experience in the country's great flood tragedy of 1889. "More than just an eyewitness account of that disaster...folksy, nostalgic reading peppered with down-home humor"--PITTSBURGH PRESS. "...Brings us a unique eyewitness account, unpublished until now -1989- of a catastrophe which captured worldwide attention a century ago, just as the story of Gomer Walters (1860-1953) will capture yours."--THE FREE PRESS INDEPENDENT, Braddock, Pa. "If you like to read history books with stories intermittent within, you will love this book."--THE MORRISONS COVE HERALD. "Much of this story is told using the old man's (Gomer Walters) colorful & amusing phrases, which are themselves vestiges of the past."--PIKE COUNTY DISPATCH. "One of the more readable offerings...the author talked to his Uncle Gomer, who floated through town on the high waters...you get a solid feel for the later Victorian era...the bottom line is the flood. Its description is a valuable addition to the whole field of study...Good Job!"--THE MCKEESPORT DAILY NEWS. "Looking for a bit of reading that's not too long, but informative & timely? Phil Walters has come up with the perfect answer to such a quest."--THE KITTANNING LEADER TIMES. "...First-hand account of the feeling of hopelessness that immediately followed the disaster."--CARLISLE SENTINEL.