@book{388,
  keywords = {Pennsylvania Railroad, Cambria Iron Company, teenagers, Johnstown Flood of 1889},
  author = {Marden Dahlstedt},
  title = {The Terrible Wave},
  abstract = {A Johnstown Flood novel in which young Megan Maxwell is swept away on a mattress when a wall of water destroys her house. A raft bearing two actors from a traveling show, an old watchmaker, and a messenger boy rescues Megan. All begin a collective search for family and friends.},
  year = {1972},
  pages = {125 p.},
  publisher = {Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc.},
  address = {New York},
  note = {The novel draws on eyewitness accounts and family stories, as the author’s grandparents were Johnstown Flood survivors.},
  language = {English},
}