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Rising tide : the great Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America / John M. Barry
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- ISBN: 0684810468 :
- ISBN: 9780684840024
- Physical Description: 524 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 1997.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Rising Tide : The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
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Rising Tide : The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Prologue13 | ||
| Part 1 | The Engineers 19 | |
| Chapter 1 | p. 21 | |
| Chapter 2 | p. 32 | |
| Chapter 3 | p. 46 | |
| Chapter 4 | p. 55 | |
| Chapter 5 | p. 67 | |
| Chapter 6 | p. 78 | |
| Part 2 | Senator Percy | p. 93 |
| Chapter 7 | p. 95 | |
| Chapter 8 | p. 107 | |
| Chapter 9 | p. 122 | |
| Chapter 10 | p. 132 | |
| Chapter 11 | p. 143 | |
| Chapter 12 | p. 156 | |
| Part 3 | The River | p. 169 |
| Chapter 13 | p. 173 | |
| Chapter 14 | p. 179 | |
| Chapter 15 | p. 190 | |
| Chapter 16 | p. 202 | |
| Part 4 | The Club | p. 211 |
| Chapter 17 | p. 213 | |
| Chapter 18 | p. 222 | |
| Chapter 19 | p. 234 | |
| Chapter 20 | p. 245 | |
| Part 5 | The Great Humanitarian | p. 259 |
| Chapter 21 | p. 261 | |
| Chapter 22 | p. 272 | |
| Chapter 23 | p. 282 | |
| Part 6 | THE SON | p. 291 |
| Chapter 24 | p. 293 | |
| Chapter 25 | p. 303 | |
| Chapter 26 | p. 318 | |
| Chapter 27 | p. 324 | |
| Part 7 | The Club | p. 337 |
| Chapter 28 | p. 339 | |
| Chapter 29 | p. 344 | |
| Chapter 30 | p. 352 | |
| Part 8 | The Great Humanitarian | p. 361 |
| Chapter 31 | p. 363 | |
| Chapter 32 | p. 378 | |
| Chapter 33 | p. 387 | |
| Part 9 | The Leaving of the Waters | p. 397 |
| Chapter 34 | p. 399 | |
| Chapter 35 | p. 412 | |
| Appendix:The River Today | p. 423 | |
| Notes | p. 427 | |
| Bibliography | p. 481 | |
| Acknowledgments and Methodology | p. 497 | |
| Index | p. 501 |
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