Death at Buffalo Creek: the 1972 West Virginia Flood Disaster Unknown - 1973

Norton, 1973. Hardcover. Good.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Good+. Cloth in DJ; 191pp; Tear & minor staining to front flap of DJ, DJ protected by mylar sleeve, staining to front board, text unmarked, binding is tight, Good+/Good+ condition. Account of the West Virginia flood disaster of 1972 by reporter who covered the event for the Detroit Free Press.

Norton. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket has short tear at bottom edge of front panel, clipped corners at front flap, no other defects, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has a small letter 'A' written on first endpaper, no other defects. . The story behind the disasterous West Virginia flood of 1972. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 191 pages. A2 .

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1973. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Publsher's press release laid in.. 191 p. From Wikipedia: "The Buffalo Creek Flood was a disaster that occurred on February 26, 1972, when the Pittston Coal Company's coal slurry impoundment dam #3, located on a hillside in Logan County, West Virginia, USA, burst, four days after having been declared 'satisfactory' by a federal mine inspector. The resulting flood unleashed approximately 132, 000, 000 US gallons (500, 000 m3) of black waste water, cresting over 30 ft high, upon the residents of 16 coal mining hamlets in Buffalo Creek Hollow. Out of a population of 5, 000 people, 125 were killed, 1, 121 were injured, and over 4, 000 were left homeless. 507 houses were destroyed, in addition to forty-four mobile homes and 30 businesses. The disaster also destroyed or damaged homes in Lundale, Saunders, Amherstdale, Crites, Latrobe and Larado. In… Leer más