TY - SER
KW - Clara Barton (1821-1912)
KW - American Red Cross
KW - Johnstown Flood of 1889
KW - Cambria Iron Works
AU - Virginia T. Gross
AB - During the 1889 Johnstown flood, young Christina Berwind is safely out of the water’s path, but her mother is not. Christina copes with the stress of the search and rescue. Her mother survives the torrent, grabs a floating baby, and after its parents cannot be found, the infant becomes an adopted sibling who delights Christina.
C1 - 1889
C3 - Cambria County; Johnstown; E. Conemaugh; South Fork; Lake Conemaugh; ; Little Conemaugh River; South Fork Creek
C4 - Children’s; Historical; Disaster; Environmental
CY - New York
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N2 - During the 1889 Johnstown flood, young Christina Berwind is safely out of the water’s path, but her mother is not. Christina copes with the stress of the search and rescue. Her mother survives the torrent, grabs a floating baby, and after its parents cannot be found, the infant becomes an adopted sibling who delights Christina.
PB - Viking
PP - New York
PY - 1991
RN - Virginia T. Gross (1933-2000) was a children's author.
EP - 52 p.
TI - The Day It Rained Forever: A Story of the Johnstown Flood
ER -