The Terrible Wave
| Year of Publication |
1972
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| Publication Type |
Novel
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
125 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Contributors |
Author:
Marden Dahlstedt |
| Publisher |
Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc.
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| City |
New York
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| 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.
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| Notes |
The novel draws on eyewitness accounts and family stories, as the author’s grandparents were Johnstown Flood survivors.
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| Author Biography |
Marden Dahlstedt (1921—1983) was a school librarian in Cheswick, Allegheny County and in Beach Haven, New Jersey.
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| Time |
1889
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