{"product_id":"rising-tide-the-great-mississippi-flood-of-1927-and-how-it-changed-america-paperback","title":"Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn M. Barry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year, winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and the Lillian Smith Award.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, \u003ci\u003eRising Tide\u003c\/i\u003e tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes of almost one million people, helped elect Huey Long governor and made Herbert Hoover president, drove hundreds of thousands of African Americans north, and transformed American society and politics forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe flood brought with it a human storm: white and black collided, honor and money collided, regional and national powers collided. New Orleans's elite used their power to divert the flood to those without political connections, power, or wealth, while causing Black sharecroppers to abandon their land to flee up north. The states were unprepared for this disaster and failed to support the Black community. The racial divides only widened when a white officer killed a Black man for refusing to return to work on levee repairs after a sleepless night of work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the powerful prose of \u003ci\u003eRising Tide\u003c\/i\u003e, John M. Barry removes any remaining veil that there had been equality in the South. This flood not only left millions of people ruined, but further emphasized the racial inequality that have continued even to this day.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Barry is the author of \u003ci\u003eRising Tide\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ambition and the Power: A True Story of Washington, \u003c\/i\u003e and co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Transformed Cell, \u003c\/i\u003e which has been published in twelve languages. As Washington editor of Dunn's Review, he covered national politics, and he has also written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Newsweek, The Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in New Orleans and Washington, D\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.35 x 9.26 x 6.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132468367495,"sku":"9780684840024","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/8b18ef7f41fc68e548bddc17133b834f.webp?v=1732626630","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/rising-tide-the-great-mississippi-flood-of-1927-and-how-it-changed-america-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}