description: An American tour de force of science, politics, race, honor, high society and the Mississippi River - tells a riveting story of one of the greatest natural disaster this country has ever known.
language: English
title: Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 And How It Changed America
titlecomplete: Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 And How It Changed America
genres: Historical, American, History, Science, Nature, American History, Southern, Politics, Nonfiction, Environment
ratings_count: 5353
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Francis Parkman Prize, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Lillian Smith Book Award
publisher: Peter Smith Pub Inc