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The Flood Year 1927 A Cultural History

Susan Scott Parrish

A richly nuanced cultural history of the Great Mississippi flood The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, which covered nearly thirty thousand square miles across seven states, was the most destructive river flood in U.S. history. Due to the speed of new media and the slow progress of the flood, this w...

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This book was discussed as a cultural history diving into the environmental and social aspects of the 1927 Mississippi Flood. The author's interest was sparked by Hurricane Katrina and precedents in American literature, such as Zora Neale Hurston's novel that referenced the 1928 Lake Okeechobee flood.

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And the author of the book The Flood Year, 1927, A Cultural History.

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Episode: The Great Mississippi Flood | Media Storm | 4

This book was discussed as a cultural history diving into the environmental and social aspects of the 1927 Mississippi Flood. The author's interest was sparked by Hurricane Katrina and precedents in American literature, such as Zora Neale Hurston's novel that referenced the 1928 Lake Okeechobee flood.

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And the author of the book The Flood Year, 1927, A Cultural History.

So your book, The Flood Year 1927, it has in its subtitle, a cultural history, but you dive in a little deeper, do you think?

Her book, The Flood Year 1927 is available now from Princeton University Press.

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