Rising Tide The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America |
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Author:
| Barry, John M. |
Read by:
| Grizzard, George |
ISBN: | 978-0-7435-5410-7 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2005 |
Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Audio
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Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Audio |
Book Format: | CD-Audio |
List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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In 1927, the Mississippi River swept across an area roughly equal in size to Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Vermont combined, leaving water as deep as thirty feet on the land stretching from Illinois and Missouri south to the Gulf of Mexico. Close to a million people -- in a nation of 120 million -- were forced out of their homes. Some estimates place the death toll in the thousands. The Red Cross fed nearly 700,000 refugees for months.Rising Tideis the story of this...
More DescriptionIn 1927, the Mississippi River swept across an area roughly equal in size to Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Vermont combined, leaving water as deep as thirty feet on the land stretching from Illinois and Missouri south to the Gulf of Mexico. Close to a million people -- in a nation of 120 million -- were forced out of their homes. Some estimates place the death toll in the thousands. The Red Cross fed nearly 700,000 refugees for months.Rising Tideis the story of this forgotten event, the greatest natural disaster this country has ever known. But it is not simply a tale of disaster. The flood transformed part of the nation and had a major cultural and political impact on the rest.Rising Tideis an American epic about science, race, honor, politics, and society.Rising Tidebegins in the 19th century, when the first serious attempts to control the river began. From the engineers and the dominant families in the Delta to the New Orleans elite,Rising Tidetells how the flood changed the face of American and laid the groundwork for the New Deal.