| Main Title |
Rising tide : the great Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America / |
| Author |
Barry, John M.,
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| Publisher |
Simon & Schuster, |
| Year Published |
1998 |
| OCLC Number |
39205458 |
| ISBN |
0684840022; 9780684840024 |
| Subjects |
Floods--Mississippi River Valley--History--20th century ;
Flood control--Mississippi River--History ;
Mississippi River Valley--History--1865- ;
HISTORY--United States--State & Local--South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) ;
NATURE--Natural Disasters ;
Mississippi (rivier) ;
Overstromingen ;
Politieke aspecten ;
Gevolgen
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| Additional Subjects |
Humphreys, A A--(Andrew Atkinson),--1810-1883 ;
Eads, James Buchanan,--1820-1887 ;
Percy family
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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EIAM |
F354.B47 1998 |
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Region 2 Library/New York,NY |
01/13/2020 |
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| Edition |
1st Touchstone ed. |
| Collation |
524 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Notes |
"A Touchstone book." Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-496) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
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. 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. |
| Place Published |
New York |
| Alternate Title |
Great Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America |
| PUB Date Free Form |
1998, ©1997 |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Medium |
unmediated |
| Content |
text |
| Carrier |
volume |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| LCCN |
96040077 |
| Merged OCLC records |
62187119; 966497494 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20200108054152 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
04129cam 2200709Ia 45010 |
