| Authors: |
Williams, Geoffrey, 1970-
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Floods.
Floods -- Ohio River Valley -- History.
Natural disasters.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Pegasus Books, 2013. |
| Description: |
xi, 356 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781605984049 1605984043 |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-348) and index. |
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| Summary: |
The incredible story of a flood of near-biblical proportions-its destruction, its heroes and victims, and how it shaped America's natural-disaster policies for the next century. Fourteen states in all, along with every major and minor river east of the Mississippi. |