Lyle Saxon

Father Mississippi (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Bagby, George

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"The historical survey covers the entire period from the days of exploration through the development of the great steamboat traffic to the present. The pirates, gamblers, the etiquette of the floating palaces, the steamboat races... The old devil river is in the foreground, the valley in the background..."

-The New Republic

"A gorgeous and dramatic presentation of the great human story entwined in the history of the Mississippi River from the time of DeSoto to the present day."

-The American Mercury

"The concluding chapters are devoted to the flood of 1927 [and are] journalistic writing of a high order, and by future historians will undoubtably be regarded as valuable material for the event."

-Journal of American History

Lyle Saxon (1891-1946) was a Louisiana historian and collector of folklore who wrote several books of enduring interest on South Louisiana, including Gumbo Ya-Ya, Old Louisiana, and Fabulous New Orleans. We also served as the WPA Writers Project director in Louisiana and worked tirelessly to preserve the historic French Quarter from demolition and development. This work, his history of the Great River Valley and those who farm and navigate it, remains the seminal work on the great flood of 1927.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Tall Men Books
• Seitenzahl: 516
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798349675393
• Artikelnr.: 75839669

Autorenporträt

Lyle Saxon (1891-1946) ranks among Louisiana's most outstanding writers. During the 1920s and 1930s he was the central figure in the regionís literary community, and was widely known as a raconteur and bon vivant. In addition to Father Mississippi, Lafitte the Pirate, and Children of Strangers, he also wrote Fabulous New Orleans, Old Louisiana, The Friends of Joe Gilmore, and was a co-author of Gumbo Ya-Ya, with Edward Dreyer and Robert Tallant. During the Depression, he directed the state WPA Writers Project, which produced the WPA Guide to Louisiana and the WPA Guide to New Orleans.