Disaster On The Mississippi
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Disaster On The Mississippi
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Author : Gene Eric Salecker
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 1996
Disaster On The Mississippi written by Gene Eric Salecker and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
The author's knowledgeable narrative is interwoven with personal reminiscences, including those of the heroic rescuers. He offers unprecedented details about the captain's handling of the steamboat and corrects some long-held myths about the placement of the soldiers on the Sultana and newspaper coverage of the disaster.
Sultana Tragedy The
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Author : Jerry O. Potter
language : en
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
Release Date : 1992-02-29
Sultana Tragedy The written by Jerry O. Potter and has been published by Pelican Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-02-29 with History categories.
Lee Surrenders! "President Murdered!" "Booth Killed!" screamed the headlines of American newspapers in April 1865, leaving little room for mention of a maritime disaster that to this day is America's worst. On April 27, 1865, the Sultana, a 260-foot, wooden-hulled steamboat-smaller than the Titanic but carrying more passengers-exploded on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee. More than 1,800 men, mostly Union soldiers on their way home from Confederate prison camps, died. On board were over 2,400 passengers-six times the ship's legal capacity. Although jubilant about the war's end, most of the men were weakened by malnutrition and disease from their imprisonment at Andersonville and Cahaba. Hundreds who were not killed in the explosion drowned in the cold, swift waters of the muddy river. Because of the timing of the sinking, coverage of the Sultana's demise was scant, and the tragedy has passed almost unnoticed in the pages of American history. In this highly documented book, author Jerry Potter focuses on how greed, indifference, gross stupidity, and criminal misconduct reaching as far as the White House led to the overloading of the Sultana at Vicksburg. Such irresponsible conduct characterized the actions of President Lincoln, an entire chain of army command, and several profit-hungry civilians. This authoritative work contains abundant photographs and illustrations, as well as the most complete list of the ship's passengers available.
Mississippi Natural Disaster Plan
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Author : Mississippi. Civil Defense Council
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
Mississippi Natural Disaster Plan written by Mississippi. Civil Defense Council and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Mississippi categories.
Deep N As It Come
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Author : Pete Daniel
language : en
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Release Date : 1977-01-01
Deep N As It Come written by Pete Daniel and has been published by University of Arkansas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977-01-01 with Social Science categories.
The spring and summer of 1927, the Mississippi River and its tributaries flooded from Cairo, Illinois, to New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Gulf of Mexico, tearing through seven states, sometimes spreading out to nearly one hundred miles across. Pete Daniel's Deep'n as It Come, available again in a new format, chronicles the worst flood in the history of the South and re-creates, with extraordinary immediacy, the Mississippi River's devastating assault on property and lives. Daniel weaves his narrative with newspaper and firsthand accounts, interviews with survivors, official reports, and over 140 contemporary photographs. The story of the common refugee who suffered most from the effects of the flood emerges alongside the details of the massive rescue and relief operation - one of the largest ever mounted in the United States. The title, Deep'n as It Come, is a phrase from Cora Lee Campbell's earthy description of the approaching water, which, Daniel writes, "moved at a pace of some fourteen miles per day," and, in its movement and sound, "had the eeriness of a full eclipse of the sun, unsettling, chilling." "The contradictions of sorrow and humor,... death and salvation, despair and hope, calm and panic - all reveal the human dimension" in this compassionate and unforgettable portrait of common people confronting a great natural disaster.
Mississippi River Tragedies
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Author : Christine A Klein
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2017-08-01
Mississippi River Tragedies written by Christine A Klein and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-01 with History categories.
Read a free excerpt here! American engineers have done astounding things to bend the Mississippi River to their will: forcing one of its tributaries to flow uphill, transforming over a thousand miles of roiling currents into a placid staircase of water, and wresting the lower half of the river apart from its floodplain. American law has aided and abetted these feats. But despite our best efforts, so-called “natural disasters” continue to strike the Mississippi basin, as raging floodwaters decimate waterfront communities and abandoned towns literally crumble into the Gulf of Mexico. In some places, only the tombstones remain, leaning at odd angles as the underlying soil erodes away. Mississippi River Tragedies reveals that it is seductively deceptive—but horribly misleading—to call such catastrophes “natural.” Authors Christine A. Klein and Sandra B. Zellmer present a sympathetic account of the human dreams, pride, and foibles that got us to this point, weaving together engaging historical narratives and accessible law stories drawn from actual courtroom dramas. The authors deftly uncover the larger story of how the law reflects and even amplifies our ambivalent attitude toward nature—simultaneously revering wild rivers and places for what they are, while working feverishly to change them into something else. Despite their sobering revelations, the authors’ final message is one of hope. Although the acknowledgement of human responsibility for unnatural disasters can lead to blame, guilt, and liability, it can also prod us to confront the consequences of our actions, leading to a liberating sense of possibility and to the knowledge necessary to avoid future disasters.
Mississippi River Mayhem
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Author : Dean Klinkenberg
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-09-15
Mississippi River Mayhem written by Dean Klinkenberg and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-15 with History categories.
In his memoir, Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain personified the river as “Sudden Death and General Desolation! Sired by a hurricane, dam’d by an earthquake, half-brother to the cholera, nearly related to the small-pox on the mother’s side! Look at me! I take nineteen alligators and a bar’l of whiskey for breakfast when I’m in robust health, and a bushel of rattlesnakes and a dead body when I’m ailing!” Twain’s time as a steamboat pilot showed him the true character of The Great River, with its unpredictable moods and hidden secrets. Still a vital route for U.S. shipping, the Mississippi River has given life to riverside communities, manufacturing industries, fishing, tourism, and other livelihoods. But the Mighty Mississippi has also claimed countless lives as tribute to its muddy waters. Climate and environmental conditions made the Mississippi the perfect incubator for diseases like malaria. Natural disasters, like tornadoes, floods, and even an earthquake, have changed and reshaped the river’s banks over thousands of years. Shipwrecks and steamboat explosions were once common in the difficult-to-navigate waters. But when there was money to be made, there were some willing to risk it all—from the brave steamboat captains who went down with their ships, to the illegal moonshiners and pirates who pillaged the river’s bounty. In this book, author and Mississippi River historian Dean Klinkenberg explores the many disastrous events to have occurred on and along the river in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries—from steamboat explosions, to Yellow Fever epidemics, floods, and Prohibition piracy. Enjoy this journey into the darkest deeds of the Mississippi River.
Mississippi S Most Devastating Disasters And Most Calamitous Catastrophies
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Author : Carole Marsh
language : en
Publisher: Carole Marsh Books
Release Date : 1994
Mississippi S Most Devastating Disasters And Most Calamitous Catastrophies written by Carole Marsh and has been published by Carole Marsh Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with categories.
State Of Mississippi Natural Disaster Plan
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
State Of Mississippi Natural Disaster Plan written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Civil defense categories.
Hurricane Katrina
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Author : Bobby Nash
language : en
Publisher: ABDO
Release Date : 2023-12-15
Hurricane Katrina written by Bobby Nash and has been published by ABDO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-15 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
In 2005, US Marshal Bill Reece is in New Orleans, Louisiana to transfer a convict to a new prison. When Hurricane Katrina hits the city, a wall of water slams into their car, rolling it over. Reece is knocked out and the convict escapes. Can Reece navigate through the flooded, storm-wrecked city and catch the escaped prisoner? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Graphic Planet is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Rising Tide
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Author : John M. Barry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Rising Tide written by John M. Barry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
The great Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America.