Three Rivers Rising : : a Novel of the Johnstown Flood
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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 an author's note and historical timeline.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 293 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 780
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780375858857 (hard cover)
0375858857 (hard cover)
9780375958854 (glb)
0375958851 (glb)
SUBJECTS
Novels in verse.
Floods -- Johnstown (Cambria County) -- Fiction.
Social classes -- Fiction.