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Johnstown (PA)
2 Reviews
(3)
YA
When privileged sixteen-year-old Celestia, vacationing at a summer resort, falls in love with local boy Peter, she knows they will face challenges. Little does she imagine this includes fighting for their lives during the Johnstown Flood. Told in verse through multiple voices, the story effectively examines wealth and poverty, will and love, prideful humankind and the unstoppable forces of nature.
Reviewer: Rebecca Hachmyer
(3)
YA
Great Historic Disasters series.
Combining first-hand accounts, photographs, and other primary sources with a detailed and lively text, these fact-packed resources offer much to both report writers and history buffs. Each book compellingly details the causes, historical context, and aftermath of these historic disasters. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Great Historic Disasters titles: The Great Chicago Fire of 1871, The Johnstown Flood of 1889, The Dust Bowl, and The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906.
Reviewer: Betsy Murray
2 reviews
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