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Join us for our non-fiction book discussion group. This month's title: The Johnstown Flood: The Incredible Story Behind One of the Most Devastating Disasters America Has Ever Known by David McCullough.
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In the Spring of 1889, Johnstown, PA, was a booming coal-and-steel town. In the mountains above, an old earth dam was hastily rebuilt to create a lake for a summer resort. Warnings of possible dangers were ignored and the dam burst, sending a wall of water through the town and killing more than 2,000 people.
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The Schaumburg Township District Library serves in excess of 134,000 residents in portions of the municipalities Elk Grove Village, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg and Streamwood. With over 1 million visitors each year, the library circulates over 2,000,000 items annually and is the second largest public library in the state of Illinois.
