Flood Stage and Rising

by Jane Varley

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What could be safer than Grand Forks, North Dakota, settled on the vast, flat plain of the Red River? There'd be no danger unless the whole town went under water. But in April 1997 that is precisely what happened. Flood Stage and Rising tells the story of that month-long disaster from the point of view of one who lived through it-fighting the flood shoulder-to-shoulder with her neighbors, watching in horror as the water breaks the dikes, fleeing the city only to see, via newscasts, her town burst into flames at the height of the flood-and finally working to put...Read more
  • ISBN10 1280465980
  • ISBN13 9781280465987
  • Publish Date 1 January 2005
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 4 March 2015
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Nebraska Press
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 128
  • Language English