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1,000-Year Flood : Destruction, Loss, Rescue, and Redemption Along the Mississippi River
Overview
When the Mississippi River crested 30 feet above its banks in June 2008, tens of thousands of Midwesterners lost their homes, their crops and all their possessions; The flood was especially hard on Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where journalist Stephen Lyons describes a city caught between resilience and growing frustration with the slowness of government recovery efforts.
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- ISBN-13: 9780762752706
- ISBN-10: 076275270X
- Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing
- Publish Date: August 2010
- Dimensions: 8.38 x 5.18 x 0.71 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.81 pounds
- Page Count: 256
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