Floodpath

by Jon Wilkman

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  ISBN: HB: 978-1-62040-915-2

  ePub: 978-1-62040-916-9

  LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

  Wilkman, Jon.

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

  pages cm

  Includes bibliographical references and index.

  ISBN 978-1-62040-915-2 (hardback)—ISBN 978-1-62040-916-9 (ePub) 1. Saint Francis Dam (Calif.) 2. Floods—California—Santa Clara River. 3. Dam failures—California—History—20th century. 4. Floodplains—California. 5. Los Angeles (Calif.)—History—20th century. I. Title.

  TC557.C3S2495 2016

  363.34′930979493—dc23

  20150153722

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