Told in free verse with multiple voices, this novel dramatically recreates the impact of the historic tragedy of the johnstown, pa. Graced by david mcculloughs remarkable gift for writing richly textured, sympathetic social history, the johnstown flood is an absorbing, classic portrait of life in nineteenthcentury america, of overweening confidence, of energy, and of tragedy. Amid this disaster, author jame richards has placed her characters as eyewitnesses to the catastrophe. Three rivers rising by jame richards three rivers rising is a historical novel written in free verse about the johnstown flood. Three rivers rising is the story of the 1889 johnstown flood, a terrible situation when too much rain caused a weak reservoir to burst and over 2000 lives were. Three rivers rising is the story of the 1889 johnstown flood, a terrible situation when too much rain caused a weak reservoir to burst and over 2000 lives were lost in the ensuing flood. Jame richards was also able to create full bodied, realistic. Three rivers rising s use of poetry in multiple character perspectives was a wonderful way to really catch the humanity and pathos of historical events of the 19th century. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Three rivers rising i enjoyed it because if was fiction mixed with factsbut the narrators seemed to me to be bland not showing a level of excitement that i would have expected with situation they were caught in. A novel of the johnstown flood richards, jame, various on. A free verse historical novel, three rivers rising is set against the backdrop of the johnston flood of 1889.
Jame richards sixteenyearold celestia is a wealthy member of the south fork fishing and hunting club, where she meets and falls in love with peter, a hired hand who lives in the valley below, and by the time of. A novel of the johnstown flood pdf download three rivers rising. This novel is a great success mainly because the author was able to successfully weave a believable romantic storyline with a dramatic historical event. I especially enjoyed the authors notes in the back on her initial interest in the johnstown flood and her explanation of her writing process.
Sixteenyearold celestia is a wealthy member of the south fork fishing and hunting club, where she meets and falls in love with peter, a hired hand who lives in the valley below, and by the time of. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. In three rivers rising we learn about the events that lead to the famous historical event of the johnstown flood of 1889, through the different views of the fictional characters. Sixteenyearold celstia spends every summer with her family at the elite resort at lake conemaugh, a shimmering allegheny mountain reservoir held in place by an earthen dam. The story centers on celestia, a 16yearold girl whose wealthy family spends the summers at the south fork fishing and hunting club on the lake conemaugh reservoir. Celestia and peter narrate their story in alternating freeverse chapters, and although subplots. A novel of the johnstown flood pdf download three rivers. I find that the free verse doesnt lend itself to establishing different voices for the. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or. But of course, it would have to be due to the fact that it is written in verse form. Nbc news leadoff trailer, july 22, 1977, johnstown flood.
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