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Heavy Ground: William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster
Norris Hundley
Extensively illustrated and carefully researched, Heavy Ground provides a compelling an account of how the St. Francis Dam came to be built, the reasons for its collapse, the heartbreak brought by the flood, efforts to restore the homes and landscape, and the political factors influencing investigations of the failure.
448 pages, 151 black & white photos
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 8, 2020 |
| ISBN13 | 9781948908887 |
| Publishers | University of Nevada Press |
| Pages | 448 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 25 mm · 698 g |
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