John M Barry

Broschiertes Buch

Rising Tide

The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America

Beschreibung

"(This) gripping account of the mammoth flooding of 1927 that devastated Mississippi and Louisiana and sent political shock waves to Washington . . . is a brilliant match of scholarship and investigative journalism".--Jason Berry, "Chicago Tribune".

Autor

John M. Barry is the author of Rising Tide, The Ambition and the Power: A True Story of Washington, and co-author of The Transformed Cell, which has been published in twelve languages. As Washington editor of Dunn's Review, he covered national politics, and he has also written for The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Newsweek, The Washington Post, and Sports Illustrated. He lives in New Orleans and Washington, D.C.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon & Schuster
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 158mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9780684840024
• ISBN-10: 0684840022
• Artikelnr.: 21521187