Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on RulesPublisher:
ISBN:
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
Water Resources Development by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Illinois
Author: Report of the Chief of Engineers
Author: United States. Army. Corps of EngineersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 1396
Book Description
Report
Author: United States. Army. Office of the Chief of EngineersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1824
Book Description
Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, on Civil Works Activities
Author: United States. Army. Corps of EngineersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1538
Book Description
Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers on Civil Works Activities
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Civil Works DirectoratePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1394
Book Description
Public Works Appropriatins for 1970 for Water and Power Resources Development and the Atomic Energy Commission
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 1930
Book Description
Flood Control--rivers and Harbors
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public WorksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description