Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on RulesPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Flood Control, Drainage , Levee Districts
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on RulesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Deep'n as it Come
Author: Pete DanielPublisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 9781557284013
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
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.
The Evolution of the 1936 Flood Control Act
Author: Joseph L. ArnoldPublisher:
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Arkansas River, Conway County Drainage and Levee District No. 1, Arkansas
Author: United States. Army. Corps of EngineersPublisher:
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Category : Arkansas River
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Water Resources Development by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Illinois
Author: Dively Drainage and Levee District Construction of Levee, Drains, Ditches, Fayette County
Author: Prairie Du Pont Levee and Sanitary District, Including Fish Lake Drainage and Levee District, Illinois
Author: United States. Army. Office of the Chief of EngineersPublisher:
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Flood Control--rivers and Harbors
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public WorksPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Public Works for Water, Pollution Control, and Power Development, and Atomic Energy Commission Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1970: Nondepartmental witnesses
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
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Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 1184
Book Description
Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War for the Year ...
Author: United States. Army. Corps of EngineersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 2398
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