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When the levee breaks : Memphis and the Mississippi Valley flood of 1927 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Daniel, Patrick
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charleston, S.C. : History Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Floods > Tennessee > Memphis > History > 20th century.
Floods > Mississippi River Valley > History > 20th century.
Disaster relief > Tennessee > Memphis > History > 20th century.
Disaster relief > Mississippi River Valley > History > 20th century.
Memphis (Tenn.) > History > 20th century.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Flood control > Mississippi River Valley > History > 20th century.
Mississippi River Valley > History > 1865-
Table of Contents:
  • Greatest on record
  • When the levee breaks
  • Higher ground
  • Water, land, and air
  • Colossus of the Mississippi flood disaster
  • Good samaritan city of the Mississippi
  • Politics of new flood control
  • Epilogue.