Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.61 (791 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0684810468 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Existing racial rifts expanded, helping to launch Herbert Hoover into the White House and shifting the political alliances of many blacks in the process. When Mother Nature rages, the physical results are never subtle. Barry expertly details in Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America, some calamities transform much more than the landscape. But as John M. Because we cannot contain the weather, we can only react by tabulating the damage in dollar amounts, estimating the number of people left homeless, and laying the plans for rebuilding. While tracing the history of the nation's most destructive natural disaster, Barry explains how ineptitude and greed helped cause
Andy Glass said The Perils of Trying to Tame Nature. This book caught my eye because I'd grown up in the midwest and have always viewed the Mississippi with a good bit of awe. In reading this one, that sense of awe was certainly proved justified. It's also fascinating to me when, as humans, we think we can conquer nature. Rising Tide provides a story that's rich in detail and delivers an interesting history not just of the 19"The Perils of Trying to Tame Nature" according to Andy Glass. This book caught my eye because I'd grown up in the midwest and have always viewed the Mississippi with a good bit of awe. In reading this one, that sense of awe was certainly proved justified. It's also fascinating to me when, as humans, we think we can conquer nature. Rising Tide provides a story that's rich in detail and delivers an interesting history not just of the 1927 flood, but of the years prior to it. It tells of the ongoing struggle to tame the river and the political and social scene around how it was done and by whom. The book was very well written and brings to life several colorful characters while la. 7 flood, but of the years prior to it. It tells of the ongoing struggle to tame the river and the political and social scene around how it was done and by whom. The book was very well written and brings to life several colorful characters while la. "Of Man and the River" according to James Ferguson. If you thought Hurricane Katrina packed a devastating whallop to the Louisiana and Mississippi Coast, wait until you read this engrossing story of the 1927 Great Mississippi Flood which inundated the entire Misssissippi Delta. Barry does a great job of providing the background for the levee system which has repeatedly failed the Delta because beauracrats were unwilling to bend to any common sense when it came to handling the mighty Mississippi. They insisted on building their levees higher and wider, channeling the river into a raging torrent come high water. The Army Corps of Engineers chose to cling to outdated man. "America untamed" according to Buenoslibros.es. There are several stories here intertwined that make an epic mosaic of Mississippian proportions. The interacial relations always on the background of what the high potentates -both from Washington and otherwise- decided to do with the lives of those under their arrogant and jealous rule, blacks and whites, and otherwise too. All classes of Americans are presented here during those fast and furious years of America's coming-of-age. The genious of America, the enterprising, the ambitions and dreams, and the sheer survival skills against all odds. Alas, America untamed.Here are the engineers who competed to tame the Mi
An account of the 1927 Mississippi River flood explores one of the greatest national disasters the United States has ever experienced and its consequences in a comprehensive volume that clearly shows how the flood changed the course of history. 60,000 first printing. Tour.