Red River Rising: The Anatomy of a Flood and the Survival of an American City - Hardcover

Shelby, Ashley

 
9780873515009: Red River Rising: The Anatomy of a Flood and the Survival of an American City

Synopsis

Provides a dramatic, firsthand account of the April 1997 flood of the Red River that devastated the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota, examining the unique combination of natural forces and human error that led to the disaster and the impact of the flood on the city and its inhabitants.

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About the Author

Ashley Shelby received a degree in journalism from Indiana University and a Masters of Fine Arts in nonfiction writing from Columbia University. Her work has been published in The Nation, Gastronomica, Post Road, The Sonora Review, and The Portland Review, as well as in the anthology Looking Back. Her fiction has been awarded the William Faulkner Short Fiction Award. Shelby grew up in Minneapolis and now lives in New York, where she works in publishing and is the co-curator of the KGB Bar Nonfiction Reading Series.

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9781681341101: Red River Rising: The Anatomy of a Flood and the Survival of an American City

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ISBN 10:  1681341107 ISBN 13:  9781681341101
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Pr, 2018
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