Floodpath: The Deadliest Man-Made Disaster of 20th Century America and the Making of Modern Los Angeles
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Jon Wilkman., Jon Wilkman|AUTHOR., & Charles Constant|READER. (2020). Floodpath: The Deadliest Man-Made Disaster of 20th Century America and the Making of Modern Los Angeles . Tantor Media, Inc..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jon Wilkman, Jon Wilkman|AUTHOR and Charles Constant|READER. 2020. Floodpath: The Deadliest Man-Made Disaster of 20th Century America and the Making of Modern Los Angeles. Tantor Media, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jon Wilkman, Jon Wilkman|AUTHOR and Charles Constant|READER. Floodpath: The Deadliest Man-Made Disaster of 20th Century America and the Making of Modern Los Angeles Tantor Media, Inc, 2020.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Jon Wilkman., Jon Wilkman|AUTHOR. and Charles Constant|READER. (2020). Floodpath: the deadliest man-made disaster of 20th century america and the making of modern los angeles. Tantor Media, Inc.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Jon Wilkman, Jon Wilkman|AUTHOR, and Charles Constant|READER. Floodpath: The Deadliest Man-Made Disaster of 20th Century America and the Making of Modern Los Angeles Tantor Media, Inc., 2020.
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