《Rising Tide》是Simon & Schuster出版的圖書，作者是John M. Barry
基本介紹
- ISBN：9780684840024
- 作者：John M. Barry
- 出版社：Simon & Schuster
- 出版時間：1998年4月2日
- 頁數：528
- 定價：USD 20.00
- 裝幀：Paperback
內容簡介
An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, Rising Tide tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the greatest natural disaster this country has ever known -- the Mississippi flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes of nearly one million people, helped elect Huey Long governor and made Herbert Hoover president, drove h...(展開全部) An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, Rising Tide tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the greatest natural disaster this country has ever known -- the Mississippi flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes of nearly one million people, helped elect Huey Long governor and made Herbert Hoover president, drove hundreds of thousands of blacks north, and transformed American society and politics forever. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and the Lillian Smith Award. 約翰·M.巴里(John M. Barry)，美國作家、歷史學家，曾任記者和足球教練，《時代周刊》《華盛頓郵報》等報刊的撰稿人。其著作多次登上《紐約時報》暢銷書排行榜。除《大浪湧起》外，代表作還有《大流感：最致命瘟疫的史詩》等。
