When The Waters Recede: Rescue and Recovery During the Great Flood
Dan Guillory. When the Waters Recede: Rescue and Recovery
During the Great Flood. Stormline Press (1997). ISBN: 0935153160
Illustrated by Leslie Tanner Guillory.
When the Waters Recede is a poignant collection of personal
essays about the desperate struggle of families and communities
to save their homes and a way of life during the "Great Flood
of 1993."
The essays not only describe the lasting effects of the deluge,
but they resonate with the voices of the people and visions of
the places that defined a significant moment in the cultural history
of the Midwest.
Dan GUillory skillfully places the flood and its victims, both
animals and people, in the broader historical and ecological context
of the Mississppi River Valley, through interviews and excerpts
from Native American, French, and other early writings.
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