John Mccollough's The Johnstown Flood

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Water. Water and even more water everywhere. The Johnstown Flood of 1889 devastated the homes and lives of people living in Pennsylvania. An earthen dam collapses toppling homes and destroying families. John McCollough’s “The Johnstown Flood” explores how this devastation affected the lives of the Quinn family and other townspeople. The setting of this story has a major impact on the characters and the