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Rising tide : the great Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America
- Title
- Rising tide : the great Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America / John M. Barry.
- Author
- Barry, John M., 1947-
- Publication
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 1998, ©1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | F354 .B47 1998 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 524 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map; 25 cm
- Summary
- An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, Rising Tide tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the greatest natural disaster this country has ever known -- the Mississippi flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes of nearly one million people, helped elect Huey Long governor and made Herbert Hoover president, drove hundreds of thousands of blacks north, and transformed American society and politics forever. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and the Lillian Smith Award.
- Alternative Title
- Great Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America
- Subject
- Humphreys, A. A. 1810-1883
- Eads, James Buchanan, 1820-1887
- Percy family
- Eads, James Buchanan, 1820-1887
- Humphreys, A. A. 1810-1883
- Since 1865
- Floods > Mississippi River Valley > History > 20th century
- Flood control > Mississippi River > History
- HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- NATURE > Natural Disasters
- Flood control
- Floods
- Mississippi (rivier)
- Overstromingen
- Politieke aspecten
- Gevolgen
- Mississippi River Valley > History > 1865-
- Mississippi River
- Mississippi River Valley
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- "A Touchstone book."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 481-496) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue -- Part 1: The Engineers -- Part 2: Senator Percy -- Part 3: The River -- Part 4: The Club -- Chapter 5: The Great Humanitarian -- Chapter 6: The Son -- Chapter 7: The Club -- Chapter 8: The Great Humanitarian -- Chapter 9: The Leaving of the Waters -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments and Methodology -- Index.
- ISBN
- 0684840022
- 9780684840024
- OCLC
- ocm39205458
- 39205458
- SCSB-1465666
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library