Flooded : requiem for Johnstown / Ann E. Burg.
by Burg, Ann E [author.].
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BookPublisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2020.Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9781338541007.Subject(s): Floods -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County) -- Juvenile fiction | Dam failures -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction | Survival -- Juvenile fiction | Novels in verse | Novels in verse | Floods -- Fiction | Dams -- Fiction | Survival -- Fiction | Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction | Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.) -- History -- 19th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Novels in verse. | Historical fiction.DDC classification: 813.6 | Fic Summary: On May 31, 1889, the South Fork Dam built to create a man-made lake for America's wealthiest businessmen collapsed, unleashing twenty million tons of water onto the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, below; told in the voices of six children and many others this is the story of the ordinary people of the town, their losses and their survival--and of the bitter aftermath when those for whom the dam was built denied all responsibility for the shoddy dam and the unnatural disaster which it caused. Told in blank verse.
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On May 31, 1889, the South Fork Dam built to create a man-made lake for America's wealthiest businessmen collapsed, unleashing twenty million tons of water onto the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, below; told in the voices of six children and many others this is the story of the ordinary people of the town, their losses and their survival--and of the bitter aftermath when those for whom the dam was built denied all responsibility for the shoddy dam and the unnatural disaster which it caused. Told in blank verse.
Ages 8-12. Scholastic Press.
Grades 4-6. Scholastic Press.
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