Gross, Virginia T. The day it rained forever : : a story of the Johnstown flood / [electronic resource] / by Virginia T. Gross ; illustrated by Ronald Himler.. — New York : : Viking,, 1991.. — 52 p. : : ill. ; 22 cm. - Once upon America.

For ages 7-11.

The warning -- The pelting -- The bursting -- The raging -- The bringing -- The naming -- The waiting.



Анотація:
Christina Berwind and her family live in Johnstown. When the rains came, the dam that held Lake Conemaugh burst, unleashing a wall of water 125 feet high and rushing down the narrow valley at 50 miles an hour toward the town.

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Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown (Cambria County)--Fiction.
Natural disasters--Pennsylvania--Johnstown (Cambria County)--Fiction.
Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown (Cambria County)--Juvenile fiction.
Natural disasters--Pennsylvania--Johnstown (Cambria County)--Juvenile fiction.


Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)--Fiction.
Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)--Juvenile fiction.

PZ7.G9043 / Day 1991