Washed Away: How the Great Flood of 1913, America's Most Widespread Natural Disaster, Terrorized a Nation and Changed It Forever
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781299971691 (1299971695)
Publish date: January 1st 2013
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Pages no: 371
Edition language: English
Terribly written and in desperate need of a good, honest editor. Very little history and a lot of speculation about what the people were thinking, even about what they "may or may not have done", with rabbit trails about the romanticism of drowning and swimming requirements of American colleges in t...
I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley.4 stars for the story, 2 minus stars for the editing.In 1993 much of eastern Nebraska was flooded. Spring ice jams caused a massive amount of flooding, causing a great deal of damage. June was then the sixth wettest month on record. In addition to...