The book by John Barry, Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America, is required reading. The book provides an excellent explanation of the hydrology of the Mississippi River in flood conditions. The river becomes an unpredictably violent, almost a living thing consuming everything in its path. This catastrophe in 1927 was a struggle of man against nature, man against man, honor versus money, black and white clashes, and regional and national political conflicts.
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