In John M. Barry’s book, “Rising Tide", Barry provides a comprehensive if not extensive overview of the Mississippi. He begins by describing the efforts that Americans went through to control the Mississippi River, explaining the Mississippi delta culture and the river itself, along with explaining the enormous influence banking families had over decisions affecting New Orleans. With each chapter, Barry shows the reader how the futile attempts to control nature ended a way of life and marked an end of the driving force of powerful banking establishments in New Orleans. John M. Barry dropped out of graduate school in history and became a football coach. He later quit coaching to write as a Washington journalist that covered economics and national politics, this career plan led him to write books which is what Barry always intended to do. Barry books have won more than twenty awards, some of them being: The National Academies of Science named “The Great Influenza”, the year’s most outstanding book on science and medicine and the “Rising Tide” has won the Francis Parkman Prize of the Society of American Historians for the year’s best book of American …show more content…
I felt that the whole “how it changed America” idea didn’t quite seem completely justified by the author. It felt like the book just dropped off once the action of the actual 1972 flood had been told. The adding of additional information such as the improvements that took place on the Mississippi River after the flood of 1927 and I kind of wanted more information to support the length and depth of the Hoover research. I felt like the author during the last quarter of the book had just given up, because it just wasn’t as tightly uniformed as the rest of the book and it felt like it was wallow in it own detail. While the author failed in the regards to gathering of all information on the “how it changed American”
Rauchway created more of a story with factual information making it more engaging to the reader. I felt the arguments that Rauchway provided were fairly accurate creating a balance of both sides of the story. With being engaged in the novel, it helped me understand a time in history that I never understood before. I was able to understand more of Roosevelt’s direction of his presidency as he helped America become hopeful of the future. After the assassination many citizens were devastated, but it came to their realization that it was a wakeup call for the political system. Rauchway makes it clear in the novel of how Roosevelt faced one of America’s toughest times, but through that time helped American grow stronger as a nation. What I like about Rauchway writings is that he organizes the storyline and it is detailed in every chapter explaining the smallest parts of the story. For example, he mentions the time of the hour, the emotions of the characters, Czolgosz life history, etc. He does not miss any facts, which is very helpful to know background information when just learning about a
Carter, Dan T. Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2007. Print.
...suppression, and incarceration. That ended up costing American an estimated 10,000 jobs. The government had complete control over the media, educational system, and any literature that was available. Books were illegal, and were burned in the novel by the government enforcers, the firemen. We saw the comparison with the time period in when the novel was written, and post September 11. It is great how the author's work still has great meaning in today's society.
During this time, there was still twenty states who had not entered into the Union, the population of the county would increase over 400% in sixty years and our nation would start with its seventh president Andrew Jackson and finish with the twenty-second president to be elected to the presidency Grover Cleveland. During this period not only did the world change, but the West. Pagnamenta did a great job as he explained in a chronological order how the west came into being. He broke the book into two main parts which I think was not only helpful to the reader, but also a great way to indicated to the audience there is a certain time break between the segments of the book. The author’s choice in doing this was a stroke of brilliance. The two key areas included, “Freedom of the Sprit” and “Staking a Claim” The major segments of the book gave a clear indication to the audience of the sub points that followed in each chapter. Each of the chapters built upon each other as Pagnamenta explained the significant role of the British Aristocrat in the shaping of the American
...ective." Louisiana History 53.2 (2012): 133-167. America: History and Life with Full Text. 9 Apr. 2014. Web.
Panfio de Narvaez led the expedition in 1528 to the Mississippi River mouth. Years had passed and Hernando de Soto did something similar, traveling to the north and the western states of Mississippi then migrated to the Mississippi River traveling to the Gulf of Mexico where they begin to experience great interest in Louisiana. In the 17th century, French and French Canadians were in search of the ability to rule and control the Mississippi River and the Gulf Coast, also looking for religion and commercial operations. France claimed many states on both sides of the Mississippi river in order to trade wi...
Mississippi History has become the state its now because of many events, government actions, cultural changes, and writers. Indian Act Removal Act, 13th Amendment, and Reverend George Lee played a big impact Mississippi current status. The Removals of Indians increased the Europeans power and lessened the Indian population. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. Reverend George Lee was shot down for urging blacks to vote. All these contributed to Mississippi History.
He does not provide statistics or matter-of-fact statements to present the outcomes of Katrina. Instead, Rose writes about what he himself experiences as a result of the storm. This author is not weaving together a tale of imaginary faces in an attempt to gain sympathy. He writes as himself experiencing instances of tragedy, camaraderie, and despondency. There is no logical format for what subject matter he may explore. In this anthology of articles he utilizes dark humor, such as when he writes of the stench and subsequent war of refrigerators; optimism, such as when he describes the characters that remain and the absoluteness of Mardi Gras; nostalgia, such as when he reflects upon memories with his children and his first visit to New Orleans; and dejection, such as instances when he himself begins to lose hope and realize the poor outlook for his
Sacher, John M. "Louisiana." Encyclopedia of the New American Nation. Ed. Paul Finkelman. Vol. 2. Detroit: Charles Scribner 's Sons, 2006. 305-307. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 15 Nov. 2015.
...y. He touched parts of the slaves' lives and what they really went through, but I don't think we even have a true idea of what it would have been in their shoes. The author presented the information in a very solid way and sectioned out very well. I understood what he was trying to explain easily. It was somewhat a long book but very much full of knowledge and history that in spirit is still alive today. We may not have slavery like it was then, but we still deal with racism and prejudices daily. The world changed because of slavery and is the way it is because of the history of America. We cannot change the past but we can change the future. Thank God the world is not the way it was. I cannot imagine what painful lives the slaves had to endure. But we can become knowledgeable about the history of slavery and America and learn from it in many different ways.
By August 28, evacuations were underway across the region. That day, the National Weather Service predicted that after the storm hit, “most of the [Gulf Coast] area will be uninhabitable for weeks…perhaps longer.” New Orleans was at particular risk. Though about half the city actually lies above sea level, its average elevation is about six feet below sea level–and it is completely surrounded by water. Over the course of the 20th century, the Army Corps of Engineers had built a system of levees and seawalls to keep the city from flooding. The levees along the Mississippi River were strong and sturdy, but the ones built to hold back Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Borgne and the waterlogged swamps and marshes to the city’s east and west were much less reliable. Even before the storm, officials worried that those levees, jerry-built atop sandy, porous, erodible soil, might not withstand a massive storm surge. Neighborhoods that sat below sea level, many of which housed the city’s poorest and most vulnerable people, were at great risk of
The population of New Orleans was steadily decreasing, between the years of 2000 and 2005, 30,000 (6%) of the population left New Orleans in search for better lives (4). The declining population shows us that before Hurricane Katrina residence were already considering leaving the city, some push factors leading them away from the city include poverty and unemployment (5). Accord to the U.S 2005 Census Bureau around 23% of the residence lived in poverty, this can be a result of the nearly 12% unemployment rate (5). With an unemployment rate double the national standard and nearly one forth the population living in poverty, the city of New Orleans had many push factors against it resolution in a decline population prier to Hurricane Katrina. At the time of the storm nearly 400,000 residents were displaced from their homes too near by safe areas or other states. The population reming in the city as decreased to a few thousand (6). A month after the disaster when the levee breaches were repaired and the flood water was pumped out of the city, residence were allowed to return to what was left of their homes. The first reliable estimate of the New Orleans population after Hurricane Katrina was an ‘American Community survey’. The survey projected that by the start of 2006 around one third or 158,000 of the population returned. By the middle of f2006 the city
I believe that is book greatly agreed and supported the teachings of the text book. Going into greater detail and more specific instances it brought the examples into a greater perspective and context. The power of yellow journalism which we covered in class was extremely highlight in this reading. When the journalist blasted and fabricated these stories they reach far beyond just their immediate community and affected the minds of Americans all over the United States.
Fink, Sheri. "Hurricane Katrina: after the flood." The Gaurdian. N.p., 7 Feb. 2014. Web. 17 Apr. 2014.
“The Wave makes sense, Laurie. Everybody is on the same team. Everyone is equal for once”. (pg.12) The reason why everyone wanted to join The Wave was because of how it made people feel a sense of belonging. The students all wanted to fit in so that’s why they joined The Wave. Nobody wanted to miss out or be that one person who was against it. Most of the students were afraid to hang out with Robert Billing’s before The Wave because of how he would ruin their image. He’s totally isolated and is not successful on ether the social or academic side. When The Wave becomes introduced, he captures the opportunity to finally fit in and make a change. Not only do his grades improve but so does his social life. As Ben’s bodyguard Robert creates an image