1 option
The Johnstown girls / Kathleen George.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating George Johnstown
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- George, Kathleen, 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Twins--Fiction.
- Twins.
- Sisters--Fiction.
- Sisters.
- Floods--Pennsylvania--Johnstown (Cambria County)--History--19th century--Fiction.
- Floods.
- Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)--Fiction.
- Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.).
- Genre:
- Suspense fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2014.
- Summary:
- "The Johnstown Girls is a heartrending tale of twin sisters separated by the 1889 flood in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Kathleen George masterfully blends a factual history of the flood into her story of two sisters, whose search for each other over the course of one hundred years unfolds after their lives were sent careening down different paths"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-338).
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780822944317 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
- 0822944316 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
- OCLC:
- 863789802
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.