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Rising Tide by John Barry - thoughts from MS/LA/AR folks?
Posted on 11/8/20 at 10:08 pm
Posted on 11/8/20 at 10:08 pm
Have any of you read Barry's book about the 1927 Mississippi Flood and the culture/social/governmental issues and structure leading up to it?
I had a very basic knowledge of it but have found the book fascinating. It centers around the levee vs spillway/jetties debates and the cultural changes in the Delta and the lower MS River Valley between the War and the early 20s, then the actual flood itself.
Just curious if anyone here from those regions that had family stories/feelings about those times knew about the book or had read it and how accurate it was.
I had a very basic knowledge of it but have found the book fascinating. It centers around the levee vs spillway/jetties debates and the cultural changes in the Delta and the lower MS River Valley between the War and the early 20s, then the actual flood itself.
Just curious if anyone here from those regions that had family stories/feelings about those times knew about the book or had read it and how accurate it was.
This post was edited on 11/8/20 at 10:09 pm
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Posted on 11/8/20 at 10:09 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Seriously?
Posted on 11/8/20 at 10:10 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Seriously?
Sure why not?
Posted on 11/8/20 at 10:10 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Yes I read it this past summer
Posted on 11/8/20 at 10:12 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Read that this year, thought it was fascinating.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 10:13 pm to Hogwarts
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Read that this year, thought it was fascinating.
I read his Spanish Flu book and saw it and thought it looked interesting. Did not disappoint.
Didn't have any idea about the engineering wars over the Mississippi that led to the levees.
This post was edited on 11/8/20 at 10:15 pm
Posted on 11/8/20 at 10:14 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Yes, I read that book when it first came out. Have a copy somewhere. Very interesting book.
Was this the book that covered Senator Leroy Percy and his son Will quite a bit? It has been years since I read it so my memory is vague and I might be confusing it with another book.
Was this the book that covered Senator Leroy Percy and his son Will quite a bit? It has been years since I read it so my memory is vague and I might be confusing it with another book.
This post was edited on 11/8/20 at 10:16 pm
Posted on 11/8/20 at 10:15 pm to SummerOfGeorge
A lot of the hostility toward NOLA from the rest of the state stems from the 1927 flood and the special treatment it received vis a vis the rest of the state. At the same time, the flood broke the economic stranglehold NOLA had on the rest of Louisiana. It destroyed the coalition between the New Orleans Old Regulars and upstate Planters and led to the rise of Huey Long and his organization.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 10:15 pm to 308
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Was this the book that covered Senator Leroy Percy and his son Will quite a bit?
Yep - large portion of it is devoted to Percy and his Greeneville feifdom and battle vs the Klan and new populists.
Another one of those things I just knew nothing about.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 10:16 pm to SummerOfGeorge
That one and Last Days of Last Island are on my "To Read" list.
This post was edited on 11/9/20 at 5:57 pm
Posted on 11/8/20 at 10:17 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Sure why not?
Yes. Just about everyone that post here and lives on the Gulf Coast has either read this book or has heard of it.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 10:17 pm to Jim Rockford
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A lot of the hostility toward NOLA from the rest of the state stems from the 1927 flood and the special treatment it received vis a vis the rest of the state. At the same time, the flood broke the economic stranglehold NOLA had on the rest of Louisiana. It destroyed the coalition between the New Orleans Old Regulars and upstate Planters and led to the rise of Huey Long and his organization.
Yea - the entanglement of the flood and how it was kind of the final straw that broke the camels back and allowed populists like Long to get the upper hand was interesting. I knew the general history but had no clue the Flood's role.
It's one of those events that to those of us outside the region (even Southerners) just isn't discussed much. Gets lost in the quick run through WW1 on the way to WW2 (along with the Flu).
This post was edited on 11/8/20 at 10:19 pm
Posted on 11/8/20 at 10:18 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Just about everyone that post here and lives on the Gulf Coast has either read this book or has heard of it.
Figured so - that's why I came here with my questions
This post was edited on 11/8/20 at 10:19 pm
Posted on 11/8/20 at 10:27 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Figured so - that's why I came here with my questions
No worries. It’s been a very popular subject ever since Katrina
You’ll get some good feedback
Posted on 11/8/20 at 10:42 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Actually heard about this book last week. Or maybe the week before. Whenever it was, I was listening to WRKF, and the book / author came up in some context. Sounded interesting and made myself a mental note to look for it.
As far as personal anecdotes, my paternal side arrived in SELA around the turn of the century (1900) and lived / settled along what would become the I-55 corridor. My maternal side was pretty concentrated around the SW corner of St. Helena Parish for the past couple hundred years. So, not really any family history that intersects with that particular event.
As far as personal anecdotes, my paternal side arrived in SELA around the turn of the century (1900) and lived / settled along what would become the I-55 corridor. My maternal side was pretty concentrated around the SW corner of St. Helena Parish for the past couple hundred years. So, not really any family history that intersects with that particular event.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 10:44 pm to FCP
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Actually heard about this book last week. Or maybe the week before. Whenever it was, I was listening to WRKF, and the book / author came up in some context. Sounded interesting and made myself a mental note to look for it.
I imagine anyone with family history in the region would find it fascinating. I have a decent knowledge of West Tn/Delta/Eastern Louisiana but nothing like a local, so I was doing a lot of "stop and look at a map to find this or that creek" type stuff.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 10:57 pm to SummerOfGeorge
From North MS And didn’t know much about the 27 flood, read the book a few years ago and loved it
Posted on 11/8/20 at 11:08 pm to SummerOfGeorge
An account of the flood of 1882 LINK
Posted on 11/8/20 at 11:11 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Read it years ago. Great book! After reading it I wondered why the flood was never at least partially blamed for the onset of the Great Depression. Had to be a factor.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 11:13 pm to Jim Rockford
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An account of the flood of 1882 LINK
Great stuff, thanks. The size and scope is almost unimaginable.
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