Rising Tide The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America

Prologue 13

Part One: THE ENGINEERS 19

Chapter One 21
Chapter Two 32
Chapter Three 46
Chapter Four 55
Chapter Five 67
Chapter Six 78

Part Two: SENATOR PERCY 93

Chapter Seven 95
Chapter Eight 107
Chapter Nine 122
Chapter Ten 132
Chapter Eleven 143
Chapter Twelve 156

Part Three: THE RIVER 169

Chapter Thirteen 173
Chapter Fourteen 179
Chapter Fifteen 190
Chapter Sixteen 202

Part Four: THE CLUB 211

Chapter Seventeen 213
Chapter Eighteen 222
Chapter Nineteen 234
Chapter Twenty 245

Part Five: THE GREAT HUMANITARIAN 259

Chapter Twenty-One 261
Chapter Twenty-Two 272
Chapter Twenty-Three 282

Part Six: THE SON 291

Chapter Twenty-Four 293
Chapter Twenty-Five 303
Chapter Twenty-Six 318
Chapter Twenty-Seven 324

Part Seven: THE CLUB 337

Chapter Twenty-Eight 339
Chapter Twenty-Nine 344
Chapter Thirty 352

Part Eight: THE GREAT HUMANITARIAN 361

Chapter Thirty-One 363
Chapter Thirty-TwO 378
Chapter Thirty-Three 387

Part Nine: THE LEAVING OF THE WATERS 397

Chapter Thirty-Four 399
Chapter Thirty-Five 412

Appendix:
The River Today 423

Notes 427
Bibliography 481
Acknowledgments and Methodology 497
Index 501

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