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Red River Rising: The Anatomy of a Flood and the Survival of an American City
Ashley Shelby
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| #259022 in Books | 2004-04-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x1.10 x6.25l,1.22 | File type: PDF | 265 pages||9 of 10 people found the following review helpful.| Gripping Journalistic Work|By Beth|Although I traditionally steer away from books related to science and politics, I found myself enthralled with the story of the 1997 Grand Forks flood and recovery in Ashley Shelby's "Red River Rising." Shelby's lucid prose and talent for storytelling kept me turning the pages. What I found so fascinating was not only the series of mishaps t|From Publishers Weekly|Journalist Shelby applies the familiar trope of public catastrophe as historical watershed to her study of the record-breaking 1997 flood in Grand Forks, North Dakota, that forced the evacuation of 50,000 residents and touched off devastat
On April 19, 1997, in one of the most dramatic floods in U.S. history, more than 50,000 people abandoned their homes and businesses in Grand Forks, North Dakota. A nation watched as the heart of downtown, engulfed by a river, burst into flames above the water line. Like Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm, Red River Rising is a compelling true-life narrative about the confluence of natural forces and human error that shaped one of the greatest natural disasters in U.S. ...
You easily download any file type for your device.Red River Rising: The Anatomy of a Flood and the Survival of an American City | Ashley Shelby.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
