Want to read more about the flood? Here are just some of the books you might enjoy. The Johnstown Area Heritage Association (www.jaha.org) online bookstore has additional titles. Except for the 1889 book from my family’s personal collection, all the titles listed below should be available through local libraries.
Young Readers
Fiction:
Dahlstedt, Marden. The Terrible Wave. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1972.
Gross, Virginia T. The Day It Rained Forever: A Story of the Johnstown Flood. Once upon America series. New York: Viking, 1991.
Nonfiction:
Nobleman, Marc Tyler. The Johnstown Flood. We the People series. Minneapolis: Compass Point Books, 2006.
Stein, R. Conrad. The Story of the Johnstown Flood. Cornerstones of Freedom series. Chicago: Children’s Press, 1984.
Adult Readers
Fiction:
Cambor, Kathleen. In Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden: A Novel. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001; Harper Perennial, 2002.
Johnson, Willis Fletcher. History of the Johnstown Flood. Philadelphia: J. W. Keeler, 1889.
McCullough, David. The Johnstown Flood. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968.