Father Mississippi : The Story of the Great Flood of 1927.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saxon, Lyle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Floods--Mississippi River.

Floods.

Mississippi River Valley.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Braunfell Books, 2023.

Summary:

A history of the river with firsthand accounts and photographs of the 1927 flood. Saxon's description of the discovery, exploration, and settlement of the delta combined with his collection of personal accounts makes for a compelling blend of personal, political, geographical, and historical facts. The book, considered as much a documentation of the disaster as an impassioned plea for help, demonstrates just how volatile an environment the Mississippi River region was and continues to be.-Print ed.Lyle Saxon (1891-1946) ranks among Louisiana's most outstanding writers. During the 1920s and 1930s he was the central figure in the region's literary community, and was widely known as a raconteur and bon vivant. In addition to Father Mississippi, Lafitte the Pirate, and Children of Strangers, he also wrote Fabulous New Orleans, Old Louisiana, The Friends of Joe Gilmore, and was a co-author of Gumbo Ya-Ya, with Edward Dreyer and Robert Tallant. During the Depression, he directed the state WPA Writers Project, which produced the WPA Guide to Louisiana and the WPA Guide to New Orleans.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ILLUSTRATIONS

Part One-PLANTATION

Chapter I-A CHILD LOOKS AT THE RIVER

Chapter II-PLANTATION LIFE-AND A WEDDING

Chapter III-RIVER MUSIC

Chapter IV-"AUNTS" AND "UNCLES"

Chapter V-THE MAIL-BOAT

Chapter VI-CREVASSE

Part Two-IN THE BEGINNING

Chapter VII-BEFORE THE WHITE MEN CAME

Chapter VIII-THE NAME "MISSISSIPPI"

Chapter IX-DISCOVERY

Chapter X-EXPLORATION

Chapter XI-IBERVILLE AND BIENVILLE

Chapter XII-NEW ORLEANS

Chapter XIII-A CAT LOOKS AT A KING

Part Three-"I HEAR THE TREAD OF PIONEERS"

Chapter XIV-IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Chapter XV-MOLLY GLASS, THE MURDERESS

Chapter XVI-A WOMAN PIONEER

Chapter XVII-A VOYAGE DOWN THE RIVER IN 1817

Part Four-LEVEES AND STEAMBOATS

Chapter XVIII-OLD STEAMBOAT DAYS

Chapter XIX-COMMERCE ON THE MISSISSIPPI

Chapter XX-LEVEES

Part Five-1927

Chapter XXI-THE RISING RIVER

Chapter XXII-THE FLOOD SWEEPS ON

Chapter XXIII-EPISODE: DOWN ON THE LEVEE

Chapter XXIV-WHAT HAPPENED AT NEW ORLEANS

Chapter XXV-DYNAMITE

Chapter XXVI-REFUGEES

Chapter XXVII-EPISODE: ACADIANS IN THE FLOOD

Chapter XXVIII-THE WAY OF THE RIVER

Chapter XXIX-AND THE WATERS RECEDED

Appendix

I-SOME RECENT OPINIONS ON FLOOD CONTROL

II-THE WORK OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IN THE 1927 FLOOD

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Other Format:

Print version: Saxon, Lyle Father Mississippi:

ISBN:

9781805230496

OCLC:

1369665215