The Mississippi River Flood
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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.
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.
The Mississippi River Floods
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916
The Mississippi River Floods written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916 with Flood control categories.
Backwater Blues
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Author : Richard M. Mizelle Jr.
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2014-10-15
Backwater Blues written by Richard M. Mizelle Jr. and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-15 with Social Science categories.
The Mississippi River flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in U.S. history, reshaping the social and cultural landscape as well as the physical environment. Often remembered as an event that altered flood control policy and elevated the stature of powerful politicians, Richard M. Mizelle Jr. examines the place of the flood within African American cultural memory and the profound ways it influenced migration patterns in the United States. In Backwater Blues, Mizelle analyzes the disaster through the lenses of race and charity, blues music, and mobility and labor. The book’s title comes from Bessie Smith’s “Backwater Blues,” perhaps the best-known song about the flood. Mizelle notes that the devastation produced the richest groundswell of blues recordings following any environmental catastrophe in U.S. history, with more than fifty songs by countless singers evoking the disruptive force of the flood and the precariousness of the levees originally constructed to protect citizens. Backwater Blues reveals larger relationships between social and environmental history. According to Mizelle, musicians, Harlem Renaissance artists, fraternal organizations, and Creole migrants all shared a sense of vulnerability in the face of both the Mississippi River and a white supremacist society. As a result, the Mississippi flood of 1927 was not just an environmental crisis but a racial event. Challenging long-standing ideas of African American environmental complacency, Mizelle offers insights into the broader dynamics of human interactions with nature as well as ways in which nature is mediated through the social and political dynamics of race.Includes discography.
1 000 Year Flood
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Author : Stephen J. Lyons
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2010-08-03
1 000 Year Flood written by Stephen J. Lyons and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-03 with Social Science categories.
The people that will be most affected by a “greater Cedar Rapids” were staying home, or were still coping in FEMA trailers where the water pipes routinely burst in the harsh Iowa winter, or were living with relatives, or had simply disappeared and moved on or given up. They had sold their flooded houses for a song or had taken out a mortgage at the age of seventy. They were buried under massive mounds of bureaucratic paperwork, trying to get a check so they could rebuild or relocate. They were scrubbing the mud off their ruined homes. Their neighborhoods were gone. Their nerves were frayed. Their hearts were forever broken. This book is mainly about them—the people who did not attend the one-year commemoration—and why they stayed away. The people who had nothing, absolutely nothing to celebrate because everything had changed.
The Mississippi River Flood
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Author : Charles William Dabney
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
The Mississippi River Flood written by Charles William Dabney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Agriculture categories.
Deep N As It Come The 1927 Mississippi River Flood P
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Author : Pete Daniel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Deep N As It Come The 1927 Mississippi River Flood P written by Pete Daniel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 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 Flood Problem
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Author : John A. Fox
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1915
Mississippi River Flood Problem written by John A. Fox and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1915 with Floods categories.
The Great Mississippi Flood Of 1874
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Author : Louis Alfred Wiltz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1874
The Great Mississippi Flood Of 1874 written by Louis Alfred Wiltz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1874 with Floods categories.