Description: Rising Tide: the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America by John M. Barry (Author)-SOFTCOVER CONDITION GOOD SIGNED BY PREVIOUS OWNER- COPYRIGHT 1998..524 PAGESTouchstone Books ...Language : EnglishAn 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.
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Type: Rising Tide: the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Chang
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
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Book Title: Rising Tide : the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
Item Length: 9.2in.
Item Height: 1.3in.
Item Width: 6.1in.
Author: John M. Barry
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / General, Natural Disasters, United States / 20th Century, Civil Rights, Civil / Flood Control, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Year: 1998
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Nature, History, Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 18.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 528 Pages
