Bill Cheng ( born 1983 ) is a Chinese-American writer . He is best known for his novel '' Southern Cross The Dog '' . It follows the story of a boy who survives the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and then spends several decades as a refugee , an abandoned orphan and then an itinerant laborer . Cheng holds an MFA in writing at Hunter College
Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
Bill Cheng