Presented By: Institute for the Humanities
Author's Forum Presents: The Flood Year 1927: A Cultural History; A Conversation with Susan Parrish and Perrin Selcer
U-M Professor of English Susan Parrish reads from her new book The Flood Year 1927: A Cultural History, followed by discussion with U-M Professor of History Perrin Selcer, then audience Q & A.
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in U.S. history, and the first environmental disaster to be experienced on a mass scale. The Flood Year 1927 draws from newspapers, radio broadcasts, political cartoons, vaudeville, blues songs, poetry, and fiction to show how this event took on public meanings.
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in U.S. history, and the first environmental disaster to be experienced on a mass scale. The Flood Year 1927 draws from newspapers, radio broadcasts, political cartoons, vaudeville, blues songs, poetry, and fiction to show how this event took on public meanings.
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