2007, ISBN: 1406705004

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[EAN: 9781406705003], Neubuch, [PU: Read Books, United Kingdom], Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.Father Mississippi by Lyle Saxon The Century Co. New York London INTRODUCTION This book is not a history of the Mississippi River in the strict sense of the word, although I have outlined the dis covery, the exploration, and the settlement of the valley. A great many learned men have written weighty tomes dealing with the various phases of the Mississippi, but this volume is like a scrap-book in which I have collected mens thoughts, my own thoughts, and the thoughts and experiences of other men. These incidents seem to me informative, or amusing, or terrible, or tragic, or fantastic but they are all a part of the living pageant which moved down the great river through the changing years. Here you will find jottings from old diaries written by men and women who came down the river a century or more ago. In every instance where it was possible I have let these men and women speak for themselves. So here you will meet La Salle, Father Hennepin, Henri de Tonty, and the rest, and you will read their narratives, uncolored by comments of mine you will read the hitherto unpublished memoir of a woman pioneer who came down the river in 1 8 to you will read the journal of a flatboatman of 1817 you will meet heroes and gamblers, heroines and murderesses men and women who lived beside the Mississippi and whose adventures gave color to the times in which they lived Only twice do I speak directly to you in the beginning and in the end of this volume. At first, I try to let you see into the life of a Louisiana plantation as I remembered VI INTRODUCTION it at the end, because I wanted to try to picture for you the horror of the floods of 1927. Many people have given me assistance. The publications ofthe Louisiana, Mississippi, and Kentucky historical so cieties have been of great help and I wish particularly to thank Mr. Henry P. Dart, editor of the Louisiana Historical Society Quarterly, for permission to use the diary of J. G, Flugels, and the records of the case of Molly Glass, the mur deress. Other references will be found in the bibliography at the end of the volume. I wish to thank Mrs. Cammie Garrett Henry of Melrose plantation for the use of her library and for permission to read scrap-books pertaining to the Mississippi which she has been compiling for thirty years. I wish to thank Miss Gwen Bristow of the staff of The New Orleans Times-Picayune for her work in compiling data from current newspaj ers and magazines. And I am most grateful to Miss Mercedes Garig of the Louisiana State University for suggestions and assistance in collecting source material. But, perhaps most of all, I want to thank members of the United States Coast Guard Service, officers and sailors alike, who took me with them into the flooded areas in May and June, 1927. The three episodes, Down on the Levee, Acadians in the Flood, and And the Waters Receded have been printed in The Century Magazine, and 1 wish to thank the editor of The Century for permission to reprint them here, L. S. CONTENTS Part One PLANTATION CHAJPTSR FAGS I A CHILD LOOKS AT THE RIVER . 3 II PLANTATION LIFE AND A WEDDING . 6 III RIVER Music 19 IV AUNTS AND UNCLES 24 - V. TjTK, JkLuL, . BOAT. 34 VI CREVASSE 44 Part Two IN THE BEGINNING VTI BEFORE THE WHITE MEN CAME 61 VIII THE NAME MISSISSIPPI 68 TX DISCOVERY 71 X EXPIRATION 83 XI IBKRVILLE ANI BIENVILLE . 102 XII NEW ORLEANS 107 XIII A CAT LOOKS AT A KING 114 Part Three I HEARTHE TREAD OF THE PIONEERS XIV IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . . . 125 XV MOLLY GLASS, THE MURDERESS . . . 142 TO Vlli CONTENTS CHAPTER XVI A WOMAN PIONEER 159 XVII A VOYAGE DOWN THE RIVER IN 1817 . 176 Part Four LEVEES AND STEAMBOATS XVIII, OLD STEAMBOAT DAYS 209 XIX COMMERCE ON THE MISSISSIPPI . . . 235 XX LEVEES 253 Part Five THE 1927 FLOOD XXI THE RISING RIVER 279 XXII THE FLOOD SWEEPS ON 290 XXIII EPISODE DOWN THE LEVEE, . . . 301 XXIV WHAT HAPPENED AT NEW ORLEANS . 314 XXV DYNAMITE 330 XXVI REFUGEES 341 XXVII EPISODE ACADIANS IN<

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[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Pohl Press], Father Mississippi by Lyle Saxon The Century Co. New York London INTRODUCTION This book is not a history of the Mississippi River in the strict sense … More...

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Pohl Press], Father Mississippi by Lyle Saxon The Century Co. New York London INTRODUCTION This book is not a history of the Mississippi River in the strict sense of the word, although I have outlined the dis covery, the exploration, and the settlement of the valley. A great many learned men have written weighty tomes dealing with the various phases of the Mississippi, but this volume is like a scrap-book in which I have collected mens thoughts, my own thoughts, and the thoughts and experiences of other men. These incidents seem to me informative, or amusing, or terrible, or tragic, or fantastic but they are all a part of the living pageant which moved down the great river through the changing years. Here you will find jottings from old diaries written by men and women who came down the river a century or more ago. In every instance where it was possible I have let these men and women speak for themselves. So here you will meet La Salle, Father Hennepin, Henri de Tonty, and the rest, and you will read their narratives, uncolored by comments of mine you will read the hitherto unpublished memoir of a woman pioneer who came down the river in 1 8 to you will read the journal of a flatboatman of 1817 you will meet heroes and gamblers, heroines and murderesses men and women who lived beside the Mississippi and whose adventures gave color to the times in which they lived Only twice do I speak directly to you in the beginning and in the end of this volume. At first, I try to let you see into the life of a Louisiana plantation as I remembered VI INTRODUCTION it at the end, because I wanted to try to picture for you the horror of the floods of 1927. Many people have given me assistance. The publications ofthe Louisiana, Mississippi, and Kentucky historical so cieties have been of great help and I wish particularly to thank Mr. Henry P. Dart, editor of the Louisiana Historical Society Quarterly, for permission to use the diary of J. G, Flugels, and the records of the case of Molly Glass, the mur deress. Other references will be found in the bibliography at the end of the volume. I wish to thank Mrs. Cammie Garrett Henry of Melrose plantation for the use of her library and for permission to read scrap-books pertaining to the Mississippi which she has been compiling for thirty years. I wish to thank Miss Gwen Bristow of the staff of The New Orleans Times-Picayune for her work in compiling data from current newspaj ers and magazines. And I am most grateful to Miss Mercedes Garig of the Louisiana State University for suggestions and assistance in collecting source material. But, perhaps most of all, I want to thank members of the United States Coast Guard Service, officers and sailors alike, who took me with them into the flooded areas in May and June, 1927. The three episodes, Down on the Levee, Acadians in the Flood, and And the Waters Receded have been printed in The Century Magazine, and 1 wish to thank the editor of The Century for permission to reprint them here, L. S. CONTENTS Part One PLANTATION CHAJPTSR FAGS I A CHILD LOOKS AT THE RIVER . 3 II PLANTATION LIFE AND A WEDDING . 6 III RIVER Music 19 IV AUNTS AND UNCLES 24 - V. TjTK, JkLuL, .. BOAT. 34 VI CREVASSE 44 Part Two IN THE BEGINNING VTI BEFORE THE WHITE MEN CAME 61 VIII THE NAME MISSISSIPPI 68 TX DISCOVERY 71 X EXPIRATION 83 XI IBKRVILLE ANI BIENVILLE .... 102 XII NEW ORLEANS 107 XIII A CAT LOOKS AT A KING 114 Part Three I HEARTHE TREAD OF THE PIONEERS XIV IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . . . 125 XV MOLLY GLASS, THE MURDERESS . . . 142 TO Vlli CONTENTS CHAPTER XVI A WOMAN PIONEER 159 XVII A VOYAGE DOWN THE RIVER IN 1817 . 176 Part Four LEVEES AND STEAMBOATS XVIII, OLD STEAMBOAT DAYS 209 XIX COMMERCE ON THE MISSISSIPPI . . . 235 XX LEVEES 253 Part Five THE 1927 FLOOD XXI THE RISING RIVER 279 XXII THE FLOOD SWEEPS ON 290 XXIII EPISODE DOWN THE LEVEE, . . . 301 XXIV WHAT HAPPENED AT NEW ORLEANS . 314 XXV DYNAMITE 330 XXVI REFUGEES 341 XXVII EPISODE ACADIANS IN THE FLOOD ...Versandfertig in über 4 Wochen, [SC: 0.00]<

2007, ISBN: 9781406705003

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in afforda… More...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Buch (fremdspr.) Lyle Saxon Taschenbuch, Pohl Press, 15.03.2007, Pohl Press, 2007<

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Paperback, [PU: Read Books], Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing t… More...

Paperback, [PU: Read Books], Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork., Biography: General<

2007, ISBN: 1406705004

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