A review by librarianlk
Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown by Ann E. Burg

5.0

Having read quite a bit of nonfiction about this tragedy, I sought this book out. I found this to be an excellent exploration of the thoughts, feelings and relationships of survivors and victims haunting and moving. I would recommend this to adults too. When I was a child, I read David McCullough’s book, and decades later, it is still with me. I remembered Gertrude from his book, and in this book she is here too! The author built her characters from real people, did an enormous amount of research, and brought it all together in a beautifully written prose novel.