(This) gripping account of the mammoth flooding of 1927 that devastated Mississippi and Louisiana and sent political shock waves to Washington . . . is a brilliant match of scholarship and investigative journalism\".-Jason Berry, \"Chicago Tribune\""ContentsPrologue 13Part One: THE ENGINEERS 19Chapter One 21Chapter Two 32Chapter Three 46Chapter Four 55Chapter Five 67Chapter Six 78Part Two: SENATOR PERCY 93Chapter Seven 95Chapter Eight 107Chapter Nine 122Chapter Ten 132Chapter Eleven 143Chapter Twelve 156Part Three: THE RIVER 169Chapter Thirteen 173Chapter Fourteen 179Chapter Fifteen 190Chapter Sixteen 202Part Four: THE CLUB 211Chapter Seventeen 213Chapter Eighteen 222Chapter Nineteen 234Chapter Twenty 245Part Five: THE GREAT HUMANITARIAN 259Chapter Twenty-One 261Chapter Twenty-Two 272Chapter Twenty-Three 282Part Six: THE SON 291Chapter Twenty-Four 293Chapter Twenty-Five 303Chapter Twenty-Six 318Chapter Twenty-Seven 324Part Seven: THE CLUB 337Chapter Twenty-Eight 339Chapter Twenty-Nine 344Chapter Thirty 352Part Eight: THE GREAT HUMANITARIAN 361Chapter Thirty-One 363Chapter Thirty-TwO 378Chapter Thirty-Three 387Part Nine: THE LEAVING OF THE WATERS 397Chapter Thirty-Four 399Chapter Thirty-Five 412Appendix:The River Today 423Notes 427Bibliography 481Acknowledgments and Methodology 497Index 501 | Rising Tide, Paperback | Indigo Chapters