The Great Crescenta Valley Flood - New Year's Day 1934 (Paperback)

As Crescenta Valley residents gathered to ring in the 1934 New Year, a cloudburst broke over Southern California's San Gabriel Mountains, unleashing a deluge on mountainsides denuded by recent fires. A roaring wall of rocks, mud and water crashed down the canyons, uprooting trees, tossing boulders and automobiles like toys and carving a path of destruction. Using painstaking research and heart-rending firsthand accounts, historian Art Cobery paints a picture of survival and redemption in the face of natural disaster, including the heroic efforts of eleven-year-old Marcie Warfield to save her father and younger brother, the devastating debris flow that claimed the lives of refugees and aid workers at the American Legion Hall and the selfless acts of neighbors caught in the storm of events.

General

Imprint:	History Press (SC)
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2012
First published:	October 2012
Authors:	Art Cobery
As told to:	Mike Lawler • Pam Lawler
Dimensions:	226 x 150 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	159
ISBN-13:	978-1-60949-449-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > Aid & relief programmes Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Social impact of disasters > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	1-60949-449-0
Barcode:	9781609494490

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