River Runs Deep
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Where The River Runs Deep
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Author : Joy J. Jackson
language : en
Publisher: LSU Press
Release Date : 1999-03-01
Where The River Runs Deep written by Joy J. Jackson and has been published by LSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-03-01 with History categories.
Joy J. Jackson’s Where the River Runs Deep tells two stories—both significant and both fascinating. It is a biography of the author’s father, Oliver Jackson, who spent virtually his entire life on or near the Mississippi River. And it is a history of the river itself, and the many changes that have transformed it in the twentieth century. Born in an oysterman’s camp in south Louisiana, only a few miles from the Gulf of Mexico, and raised in an orphanage in New Orleans, Oliver Jackson (1896–1985) grew up to become a pilot boat crew member, a merchant seaman, a tugboat-man, and ultimately a Mississippi River pilot, the profession to which he had always aspired. Drawing extensively on oral history, including a series of audiotapes her father recorded before his death, Jackson presents a detailed social history not only of her father and his forebears but of a way of life now past. She vividly portrays village life in once-thriving but now-vanished river communities such as Port Eads and Burrwood in the delta below New Orleans, and in such working-class areas of the city as the Irish Channel. And she provides detailed descriptions of the early days of riverboat piloting between New Orleans and Baton Rouge and of tugboat work in the New Orleans harbor. Throughout, she evokes the special passion and respect that pilots have always had for their work and the river. Woven into Jackson’s narrative of her father’s life and career is a history of the profound changes in life and commerce on the Mississippi River since the turn of the century. During Oliver Jackson’s lifetime, cotton gave way to petroleum as the major product transported on the lower Mississippi, while steamboats faded away and were replaced by towboats, with their long lines of barges. After mid-century many of the plantations and rural homesteads that had lined the banks of the river since the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were crowded by the increasing presence of petrochemical plants. Jackson also writes about such calamitous events as the hurricane of 1915 and the great flood of 1927, and she describes the menace of German submarines at the mouth of the Mississippi during America’s early months in World War II. Where the River Runs Deep is a story of river life unlike any other. It will appeal to students of regional history and family history, as well as to anyone fascinated by the lore of the Mississippi.
River Runs Deep
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Author : Jennifer Bradbury
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-07-19
River Runs Deep written by Jennifer Bradbury and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-19 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Twelve-year-old Elias is sent to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky to fight a case of consumption--and ends up fighting for the lives of a secret community of escaped slaves traveling along the Underground Railroad.
Placid River Runs Deep
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Author : Mollie Hunt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Placid River Runs Deep written by Mollie Hunt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
The River Runs Deep
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Author : Doug Roy
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2013
The River Runs Deep written by Doug Roy and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The book is an anthology of twenty six items, comprising stories, observations, ideas and dreams of the author, a retired physician, during his lifetime passion of the out-of-doors.
River Runs Deep
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Author : Nancy Weiser
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2016-05-05
River Runs Deep written by Nancy Weiser and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-05 with Fiction categories.
River Runs Deep is about a young girls life in a small Southern river town. It is seen through the eyes of a tomboy. Her manner is tough on the outside and soft and thoughtful on the inside. All names, places, and events have been changed to protect the innocent. Floods, illness, death, life, and hurtful prejudices run through her river of life. Being a Southern town it has its racial conflicts. But thankfully, it just isnt fair is finally resolved. Humor abounds because what is life without humor. It is a nostalgic tromp through times long past that shaped a young childs character.
River Runs Deep
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Author : Jennifer A. Bradbury
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
River Runs Deep written by Jennifer A. Bradbury and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with African Americans categories.
Twelve-year-old Elias is sent to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky to fight a case of consumption--and ends up fighting for the lives of a secret community of escaped slaves traveling along the Underground Railroad.
The River Runs Black
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Author : Elizabeth C. Economy
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2011-01-15
The River Runs Black written by Elizabeth C. Economy and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-15 with History categories.
China's spectacular economic growth over the past two decades has dramatically depleted the country's natural resources and produced skyrocketing rates of pollution. Environmental degradation in China has also contributed to significant public health problems, mass migration, economic loss, and social unrest. In The River Runs Black, Elizabeth C. Economy examines China's growing environmental crisis and its implications for the country's future development. Drawing on historical research, case studies, and interviews with officials, scholars, and activists in China, the author traces the economic and political roots of China's environmental challenge and the evolution of the leadership's response. She argues that China's current approach to environmental protection mirrors the one embraced for economic development: devolving authority to local officials, opening the door to private actors, and inviting participation from the international community, while retaining only weak central control. The result has been a patchwork of environmental protection in which a few wealthy regions with strong leaders and international ties improve their local environments, while most of the country continues to deteriorate, sometimes suffering irrevocable damage. Economy compares China's response with the experience of other societies and sketches out several possible futures for the country. This second edition is updated with information about events during the past five years, covering China's tumultuous transformation of its economy and its landscape as it deals with the political implications of this behavior as viewed by an international community ever more concerned about climate change and dwindling energy resources.
A River Runs Through It And Other Stories
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Author : Norman MacLean
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2017-05-03
A River Runs Through It And Other Stories written by Norman MacLean and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-03 with Fiction categories.
The New York Times–bestselling classic set amid the mountains and streams of early twentieth-century Montana, “as beautiful as anything in Thoreau or Hemingway” (Chicago Tribune). When Norman Maclean sent the manuscript of A River Runs Through It and Other Stories to New York publishers, he received a slew of rejections. One editor, so the story goes, replied, “it has trees in it.” Today, the title novella is recognized as one of the great American tales of the twentieth century, and Maclean as one of the most beloved writers of our time. The finely distilled product of a long life of often surprising rapture—for fly-fishing, for the woods, for the interlocked beauty of life and art—A River Runs Through It has established itself as a classic of the American West filled with beautiful prose and understated emotional insights. Based on Maclean’s own experiences as a young man, the book’s two novellas and short story are set in the small towns and mountains of western Montana. It is a world populated with drunks, loggers, card sharks, and whores, but also one rich in the pleasures of fly-fishing, logging, cribbage, and family. By turns raunchy and elegiac, these superb tales express, in Maclean’s own words, “a little of the love I have for the earth as it goes by.” “Maclean’s book—acerbic, laconic, deadpan—rings out of a rich American tradition that includes Mark Twain, Kin Hubbard, Richard Bissell, Jean Shepherd, and Nelson Algren.” —New York Times Book Review Includes a new foreword by Robert Redford, director of the Academy Award–winning film adaptation
Where The Rivers Run Deep
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Author : L.R. Holder
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2013-05-08
Where The Rivers Run Deep written by L.R. Holder and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-08 with Family & Relationships categories.
AND IN THE FACE OF ALL DISENCHANTMENT AND BROKEN DREAMS SHE MUST PREVAIL. In the quest for a career, a good life but more importantly to protect her own children from the trickery of life itself ; One full of disappointments and psychological trauma and one that could mirror hers, she vows to provide for them in every way and to help them achieve their own potentials. She must conquer all adversities on her journey but fears of the unknown and what lies ahead has driven her to the point of obsession, until the only person she now fears is herself. Beaten and bruised, penniless, homeless and at times feeling worthless she must persevere, face each new day with a smile although she is screaming on the inside and is almost almost, just thoughts away from giving up. But she is determined to put up a fight; one that will see her through and even when she is knocked down, when the pain seems unbearable, when there are no more tears left, she must go on. She would not be defeated, gathering strength from her passion and ambition and from the prayers of her dear mother; she gets up after each knock back, dust herself off, stand tall and is ready to take on next challenge or obstacle SURE to come her way. The Victoria Regia Lily is the national Flower of Guyana.
The Blood Runs Like A River Through My Dreams
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Author : . Nasdijj
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2001-09-17
The Blood Runs Like A River Through My Dreams written by . Nasdijj and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-09-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
THE BLOOD RUNS LIKE A RIVER THROUGH MY DREAMS transports readers to the majestic landscapes and hard Native American lives of the desert Southwest and into the embrace of a way of looking at the world that seems almost like revelation. Born to a storytelling Native mother and a roughneck, song-singing cowboy father, Nasdijj has lived on the jagged-edged margins of American society, yet hardship and isolation have only brought him greater clarity--and a gift for language that is nothing short of breathtaking. Nasdijj tells of his adopted son, Tommy Nothing Fancy, of the young boy's struggle with fetal alcohol syndrome, and of their last fishing trip together. It is a heartbreaking story, written with great power and a diamondlike poetry. But whether Nasdijj is telling us about his son, about the chaotic, alternately harrowing and comical life he led with his own parents, or about the vitality and beauty of Native American culture, his voice is always one of searching honesty, wry humor, and a nearly cosmic compassion. While Nasdijj struggles with his impossible status as someone of two separate cultures, he also remains a contradiction in a larger sense: he cares for those who often shun him, he teaches hope though he often has none for himself, and he comes home to the land he then must leave. THE BLOOD RUNS LIKE A RIVER THROUGH MY DREAMS is the memoir of a man who has survived a hard life with grace, who has taken the past experience of pain and transformed it into a determination to care for the most vulnerable among us, and who has found an almost unspeakable beauty where others would find only sadness. This is a book that will touch your soul.