Download or read book The Mighty Midwest Flood written by Carmen Bredeson and published by Enslow Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rain would not stop. The waters kept rising. Would the levees hold? Would the Mississippi and Missouri rivers overflow their banks? As nine states in the Midwest experienced floods, thousands of people lost their homes. Some lost their lives. This book describes the courage and the heartbreak of people who faced the deadly deluge.