The day it rained forever
Subtitle: a story of the Johnstown flood
By: by Virginia T. Gross ; illustrated by Ronald Himler.
Contributors: Himler, Ronald, ill.
Series: Once upon America
Publisher: Viking
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Floods -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown -- Fiction; Natural disasters -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown -- Fiction; Johnstown (Pa.) -- Fiction
Description: 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.
Notes: For ages 7-11.