Come Into the Water by Merlyn Janet Magner
Rapid City, South Dakota, June 9, 1972 . . . 238 people died, 5 are still missing. In the midst of one of the worst floods in the history of the United States, one young woman clung to the roof of a house, desperately holding on to the vestiges of her life. At the same time, the massive flood surging down from the Black Hills and through the city swept away everything and everybody she loved. Somehow, Merlyn Magner survived that horrific night, but she lost her brother, mother, and father to the rampaging water. Questions coursed through her mind then and for much of the rest of her life: Why did this happen? Why did my family die? Why did I survive? What does it all mean? Rescued from that rooftop, Merlyn set out to find the answers to these questions. She searched for comprehension, she searched for a sense of place, she searched for meaning, she searched . . . Her search took her from the Black Hills on a journey around the United States and then the world, traversing the globe to escape the memories and the pain, and always looking for answers. Her story is one of great tragedy and yet, equally, of great joy and reward. It is a poignant, spiritual journey, a fractured fairy tale, which has at its core the search for her very own grail, one that will help her make sense of the why, how, and what of that horrendous night.
Merlyn Magner was born in Flint, Michigan in 1952. At the age of seven she and her family moved to Rapid City, South Dakota, USA where her father worked in broadcasting. Magner graduated from Stevens High School in 1970. She received her degree in Humanities and Art History form West Los Angeles College, USA before working in the corporate travel industry. She returned home to the Black Hills in the winter of 2007 and began work on this, her first book. She currently resides in the Ozark Mountains.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780984504114 |
| ISBN 10 | 0984504117 |
| Title | Come Into the Water |
| Author | Merlyn Janet Magner |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | South Dakota State Historical Society |
| Year published | 2011-04-30 |
| Number of pages | 180 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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