Your loyal blogger recently finished reading The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough.

As always in a McCullough book, the research is top notch and the writing is crisp.

But, another constant in a McCullough work, The Johnstown Flood also offers a glimpse into an era of history. How did people live in 1889? What new inventions were they enjoying? What did they eat and what clothes did they wear?

The answers to those questions and many, many others are answered in each McCullough effort.

The story of Johnstown was new for this reader. That makes reading the book all the more compelling. The author takes nothing for granted and carefully walks the reader through the event. You know the dam will fail and the flood is coming, but McCullough sets the stage so you can understand what was in the water’s path as it roared along its way.

This is a good book about history.

Thanks for reading.