Authors: Jame Richards

Three Rivers Rising (20 page)

Jame Richards lives with her family in Connecticut.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Richards, Jame.
Three rivers rising : a novel of the Johnstown flood / Jame Richards. — 1st ed.
p.cm.
Summary: 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, she has been disowned by her family and is staying with him in Johnstown. Includes an author’s note and historical timeline.

eISBN: 978-0-375-89553-1
1. Floods—Pennsylvania—Johnstown (Cambria County)—Juvenile fiction. [1. Floods—Pennsylvania— Johnstown (Cambria County)—Fiction. 2. Social classes—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.R3846Th 2010
[Fic]—dc22
2009004251

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