Rising Tide
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
Published on 2. April 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-0-684-84002-4 (ISBN)
Description
"(This) gripping account of the mammoth flooding of 1927 that devastated Mississippi and Louisiana and sent political shock waves to Washington . . . is a brilliant match of scholarship and investigative journalism".--Jason Berry, "Chicago Tribune".
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations, facsim.,map, ports.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
617 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-684-84002-4 (9780684840024)
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09/2007
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John M. Barry is the author of Rising Tide, The Ambition and the Power: A True Story of Washington, and co-author of The Transformed Cell, which has been published in twelve languages. As Washington editor of Dunn's Review, he covered national politics, and he has also written for The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Newsweek, The Washington Post, and Sports Illustrated. He lives in New Orleans and Washington, D.C.
Content
Contents
Prologue 13
Part One: THE ENGINEERS 19
Chapter One 21
Chapter Two 32
Chapter Three 46
Chapter Four 55
Chapter Five 67
Chapter Six 78
Part Two: SENATOR PERCY 93
Chapter Seven 95
Chapter Eight 107
Chapter Nine 122
Chapter Ten 132
Chapter Eleven 143
Chapter Twelve 156
Part Three: THE RIVER 169
Chapter Thirteen 173
Chapter Fourteen 179
Chapter Fifteen 190
Chapter Sixteen 202
Part Four: THE CLUB 211
Chapter Seventeen 213
Chapter Eighteen 222
Chapter Nineteen 234
Chapter Twenty 245
Part Five: THE GREAT HUMANITARIAN 259
Chapter Twenty-One 261
Chapter Twenty-Two 272
Chapter Twenty-Three 282
Part Six: THE SON 291
Chapter Twenty-Four 293
Chapter Twenty-Five 303
Chapter Twenty-Six 318
Chapter Twenty-Seven 324
Part Seven: THE CLUB 337
Chapter Twenty-Eight 339
Chapter Twenty-Nine 344
Chapter Thirty 352
Part Eight: THE GREAT HUMANITARIAN 361
Chapter Thirty-One 363
Chapter Thirty-TwO 378
Chapter Thirty-Three 387
Part Nine: THE LEAVING OF THE WATERS 397
Chapter Thirty-Four 399
Chapter Thirty-Five 412
Appendix:
The River Today 423
Notes 427
Bibliography 481
Acknowledgments and Methodology 497
Index 501
Prologue 13
Part One: THE ENGINEERS 19
Chapter One 21
Chapter Two 32
Chapter Three 46
Chapter Four 55
Chapter Five 67
Chapter Six 78
Part Two: SENATOR PERCY 93
Chapter Seven 95
Chapter Eight 107
Chapter Nine 122
Chapter Ten 132
Chapter Eleven 143
Chapter Twelve 156
Part Three: THE RIVER 169
Chapter Thirteen 173
Chapter Fourteen 179
Chapter Fifteen 190
Chapter Sixteen 202
Part Four: THE CLUB 211
Chapter Seventeen 213
Chapter Eighteen 222
Chapter Nineteen 234
Chapter Twenty 245
Part Five: THE GREAT HUMANITARIAN 259
Chapter Twenty-One 261
Chapter Twenty-Two 272
Chapter Twenty-Three 282
Part Six: THE SON 291
Chapter Twenty-Four 293
Chapter Twenty-Five 303
Chapter Twenty-Six 318
Chapter Twenty-Seven 324
Part Seven: THE CLUB 337
Chapter Twenty-Eight 339
Chapter Twenty-Nine 344
Chapter Thirty 352
Part Eight: THE GREAT HUMANITARIAN 361
Chapter Thirty-One 363
Chapter Thirty-TwO 378
Chapter Thirty-Three 387
Part Nine: THE LEAVING OF THE WATERS 397
Chapter Thirty-Four 399
Chapter Thirty-Five 412
Appendix:
The River Today 423
Notes 427
Bibliography 481
Acknowledgments and Methodology 497
Index 501