| 1,000-Year Flood: Destruction, Loss, Rescue, and Redemption Along the Mississippi River Contributor(s): Lyons, Stephen J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 076275270X ISBN-13: 9780762752706 Publisher: Globe Pequot Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Disasters & Disaster Relief - Nature | Natural Disasters - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi |
| Dewey: 363.349 |
| LCCN: 2010020108 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.18" W x 8.38" (0.81 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Locality - Cedar Rapids, Iowa - Geographic Orientation - Iowa - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An inspiring story of the epic 2008 floods-- and one devastated community's will to rebuild Every year, flooding wreaks havoc across much of the Midwest. But the floods of 2008 were on a scale unlike anything seen in generations. From Minnesota to Missouri, Illinois to Iowa, the Thousand Year Floods of 2008--as some climatologists called them--caused tens of billions of dollars of damage. The human stories associated with this epic event that affected the Mississippi River and its tributaries are riveting. The 1,000-Year Flood is a powerful tale of heroism, of heart-wrenching loss, and of hope. Looking at the epic events of the summer of 2008--and, in particular, at the devastated city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and its will to rebuild--Stephen Lyons weaves a compelling and inspiring narrative set against the backdrop of a millennium of natural disasters in the region. He asks: What does the flooding mean for residents who face it year after year? Are the affected areas ignored because they're fly-over states? |