Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
From one reviewer, in 2000: "But on a more fundamental level, the book teaches us the power of the river, a lesson we've forgotten even in the face of some reasonably large modern floods. Someday, possibly very soon, the levy system will likely be destroyed by the long-predicted earthquake along the New Madrid Fault: when that day comes, the lessons of Rising Tide will be life and death matters. Southerners in particular may ignore Rising Tide only at their peril."
posted at 1:31 am
on Sep. 3, 2005
