Rising tide
United states, history, 1919-1933
Flood control
African American Studies
Floods
Politieke aspecten
Ethnic Studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE
New York Times reviewed
History
In 1927, the Mississippi River swept across an area roughly equal in size to Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Vermont combined, leaving water as deep as thirty feet on the land stretching from Illinois and Missouri south to the Gulf of Mexico. Close to a million people - in a nation of…
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