High & Rising The 1951 Kansas City Flood
by Brian Burnes
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0970913141
- ISBN 13
- 9780970913142
- Seller
-
Independence, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
From back cover: "This was Kansas City's greatest disaster, when vast areas were overrun by the waters of an untamed river, when thousands lost their homes and jobs, when the stockyards and packinghouses and rail yards and other mighty industries ground to a halt. And it was the city's greatest story of hope and recovery, as it determinedly cleaned up and rebuilt from ruin." Book - Near condition. Maroon cloth over boards. Very minimal edge/corner wear: however covers have a very slight outward curve. Clean and tight. Dust Jacket - Near Fine condition. Very light rubbing/bumping. Very minimal edge/corner wear. Please use the photos as part of the description. 150 pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1812
- Title
- High & Rising The 1951 Kansas City Flood
- Author
- Brian Burnes
- Format/Binding
- Cloth over boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0970913141
- ISBN 13
- 9780970913142
- Publisher
- Kansas City Star Books
- Place of Publication
- Kansas
- Date Published
- October 2001
- Pages
- 150
- Keywords
- American history, Missouri, Kansas City, 1951, flood, untamed river, stockyards, rail yards, packinghouses, recovery, rebuilt, disaster
- Bookseller catalogs
- History - Missouri; History - American; Kansas City;
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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