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Three rivers rising : a novel of the Johnstown flood

Richards, Jame.

Three rivers rising : a novel of the Johnstown flood - pbk. - New York. Ember. 11/8/2011 - 293 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.

Sixteen-year-old Celestia is a wealthy member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, where she meets and falls in love with Peter, a hired hand who lives in the valley below, and by the time of the torrential rains that lead to the disastrous Johnstown Flood of 1889, she has been disowned by her family and is staying with him in Johnstown. Includes: author's note, bibliography, map and his

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Floods -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County) -- Fiction.
Social classes -- Fiction.
Pennsylvania -- History -- Johnstown (Cambria County) -- Fiction.