Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America

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When Mother Nature rages, the physical results are never subtle. Because we cannot contain the weather, we can only react by tabulating the damage in dollar amounts, estimating the number of people left homeless, and laying the plans for rebuilding. But as John M. Barry expertly details in Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America, some calamities transform much more than the landscape.

While tracing the history of the nation's most destructive natural disaster, Barry explains how ineptitude and greed helped cause the flood, and how the policies created to deal with the disaster changed the culture of the Mississippi Delta. Existing racial rifts expanded, helping to launch Herbert Hoover into the White House and shifting the political alliances of many blacks in the process. An absorbing account of a little-known, yet monumental event in American history, Rising Tide reveals how human behavior proved more destructive than the swollen river itself.

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An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, Rising Tide tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the greatest natural disaster this country has ever known -- the Mississippi flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes of nearly one million people, helped elect Huey Long governor and made Herbert Hoover president, drove hundreds of thousands of blacks north, and transformed American society and politics forever.

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and the Lillian Smith Award.

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History repeats itself........2007-08-20

I happened to read this book when I was home from work waiting for Hurricane Katrina to make landfall (I live in Baton Rouge, 80 miles North of New Orleans). It was an ironic that I read this book that day. I had no idea of the book's relevance to that day's events. John Barry documents the events and reasons leading up to the great flood of 1927 in incredible detail. Being from South Louisiana, I knew a little about the flood, but most of what I thought I knew was not correct. The facts of what the US Corp of Engineers did or did not do is readily available from a number of sources. The Corp of Engineer's competence or incompetence is subject to debate (Well, It was subject to debate until August 29, 2005). The real revelations as far as I am concerned are the cultural and economic factors that Barry weaves into an enlightening book. It shows how the powers that ruled New Orleans (Canal Bank, Whitney Bank, Hibernia Bank and the Times Picayune Newspaper) deceived and lied to maintain their power and riches at everyone else's expense. St Bernard Parish (County to most of you) was sacrificed by bombing the levee system below New Orleans to take the pressure off of the New Orleans levees (as it turns out, unnecessarily). The amazing part of the book is the "how it changed America" part. From the creation of the Federal based welfare system, Herbert Hoover's rise to stardom and the ultimate election of Huey Long as Governor of Louisiana (and had he not been assassinated, may be President of the United States), the 1927 flood changed America more than any event I can think of other than the Revolutionary War and Civil War. This is a GREAT book worth your time to read. It is said that in order to know the future, you must study the past. Too bad we're still not paying attention !!!!!!!!!!!

The Rising Tide.......2007-02-18

I've barely dipped into the first chapter of this, plus reading at random to wherever the book fell open, and I'm awed. Barry's attention to detail and exhaustive documentation of his sources are exemplary. It is also a darn good read, and it is his thoroughness which makes it that way -- the principal players stand out like characters in a good novel. There was recently a PBS special (I believe it was The American Experience) on the history of New Orleans, and although Barry appeared in it, not nearly enough attention was paid to the 1927 flood, especially to some of the most unsavory aspects such as the machinations of the local power structure. Other than the pleasure of reading this book, I highly recommend it because we had a replay of this in Katrina with a similar display of greed, insensitivity and incompetence. And if it can happen in New Orleans, it can happen anywhere!

The Great Flood.......2006-12-14

I had never heard of the Mississippi flood before picking up this book and I am surprised that I had never hard of it after reading about it. This is arguably the greatest natural disaster to hit the United States until Hurricane Katrina. To see the response of the government then and now there are shocking similarities The army corp of engineers makes a similar performance and it is through private enterprise and local political networks that areas are saved. One of the sadder points in the book is the treatment of African Americans and southern racism in this time period is clearly displayed in most areas. The flood which wiped out parts of Mississippi and spread down to New Orleans was catastrophic. Seeing the idea of detonating levees and sacrificing areas of save others were tough choices that have implications in the post Katrina world. This is a highly recommend book that will make one think about natural disaster response from a truly catastrophic event.

They're Gonna Wash Us Away - The Rest of the Story.......2006-11-02

Randy Newman told the story of the great Louisiana flood of 1927 in a few memorable but not very historically accurate verses. Barry tells it with painstaking research and narrative of 75 years surrounding and including 1927. He opens with the civil engineering debate that raged for years about how to "control" the Mississippi River--levees or controlled drainage. Once the flood happens he focuses on how people dealt with it as it was happening (race relations in the early 20th century were sorely tested) and afterwards (St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes, having been sacrifice to "save" New Orleans, were left almost low and dry when it came time to distribute money for recovery---sound familiar?) One memorable theme is that nature is unsympathetic to political compromise. Barry rivals David McCullough in the genre of popular history writers.

Outstanding Piece of Work in History, Politics and Humanity.......2006-10-26

Mr. Barry has done an exceptional job of weaving the elements of modern life together, natural disaster, power, money, politics, race together to tell an ingrossing and disturbing story, one that is a relevant today as it was when it happened in the late twenties. America is still affected by what happened then and faces many of the same challenges today--Katrina and whenever or whereever there is great human suffering brought on by natural disaster. (Just wait until the New Madrid earthquake occurs again. That may be the only natural disaster that could rival this flood and its effect on our nation, society and culture.)

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely, and money--having it--makes that corruption and the arrogance that comes with it, even more dangerous, despicable and deadly. We face all of those issues and threats today, and it is not limited to a political party, but rather to class,to wealth and, sadly and alarmingly, to those we "elect" to represent and protect us.

This book is a sobering look at America as it was, and, sadly, as it is. Political parties do not matter....This not about man's highest, nor is it about man's lowest. It is about man as he is...

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A Lot of water in this novel. Great Read
Pitt dealing with real world issues
A Cussler Classic
disturbing negative stereotypes of asians
Pitt meets beautiful girl, fights bad guy, saves world. The end.

Flood Tide
Clive Cussler
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ASIN: 0671000314

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When a hero whose name never appears in print without a registered trademark symbol beside it sets out on a new adventure, readers should know what to expect: a great deal of derring-do, outlandish adventures, and fantastical scenarios. For Dirk Pitt, reality is an inconsequential construct. What matters is the U.S. National Underwater and Maritime Agency (NUMA) superhero's unflagging energy, wit, strength, sex appeal, and patriotism. In this tale of a Chinese billionaire who plans to divert the mighty Mississippi in order to expand his illegal smuggling ring, find a treasure lost at sea nearly half a century ago, and, incidentally, split the U.S. into three countries controlled by China, Cussler's American version of James Bond struggles to save the day. All his trusty sidekicks are here, including Al Giordino, a regular partner in Pitt's underwater adventures, and Admiral Sandecker, the NUMA commander. This time there's a beautiful Chinese American INS agent as the love interest, and a mendacious American president, too. Flood Tide is a romp that will tickle Pitt and Cussler's many fans, as well as readers new to this author who may find themselves stranded on the tarmac or tanning on Caribbean beaches. --Jane Adams

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The #1 New York Times bestseller!

An underwater graveyard in the Pacific Northwest... A mysterious seaport in the bayous of Louisiana... A diabolical plot to destroy America!

Unknown waters, 1948. The Princess Dou Wan, a sea-weary cruise ship covertly seized by Chiang Kai-shek, slams into a devastating storm that tears the hull apart and sends it and a mysterious cargo down into the depths, lost to all searchers for more than fifty years.

Pacific Northwest, 2000. Dirk Pitt® rescues a beautiful undercover immigration agent from Qin Shang, an insatiably greedy smuggler whose vast fortune is made selling Chinese immigrants into slavery around the globe. Shang's campaign contributions have bought him a collection of powerful U.S.

politicians, but Pitt finds the secret behind Shang's vast and mystifying seaport in the Louisiana bayou to be shockingly sinister. From an adrenaline-pumped race against time and tide up the Mississippi River to a desperate dash to recover Chinese treasures, Dirk Pitt faces one of his most formidable foes -- a madman bent on killing hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women, and children with a catastrophic surge of mass destruction.

Customer Reviews:

A Lot of water in this novel. Great Read.......2007-08-13

I thought this novel was a very entertaining story. The author takes the reader to numerous interesting places, such as the northwest, Mississippi River, the swamps and the Great Lakes. As I traveled to these places he weaved a great story that involved the practice of smuggling illegal aliens, the skill required to navigate the Mississippi river, the Great Lakes, and the skill required to recover sunken treasures. Dirk Pitt brings to the read a lot of action that makes this book a great action/thriller. Highly recommend it.

Pitt dealing with real world issues.......2007-07-15

I enjoyed this Book by Cussler as I have enjoyed the previous novels read. I did have one issue with the story from historical preservationists view point. **SPOILER** I did not like the fact that Cussler reveals the bones of Peking man to the open air due to their age after being submerged 50 years. Pitt acted very uncharacteristically when he orders the anthropologists to unwrap them for all to see. Not a big deal, but just something that bugged me as a historian. Other than that, it was a fairly new plot with interesting insight into problems America faces today with our dealings on the international level and the immigration issue. Cussler may be using his work to express his views on these matters which could detract readers who disagree. I will still read because I enjoy the plot and writing.

A Cussler Classic.......2007-04-09

This is a great book, blending elements of adventure, action, techno thriller, marine technology, and all around great fun. If you are a Cussler reader, this is a must have for your collection, if you haven't read Cussler, I reccomend reading a book or two before this one, as this is one of Cussler's longest novels (which enhanced it for me.)

I loved this book.

disturbing negative stereotypes of asians.......2006-10-05

I've enjoyed a couple of the Dirk Pitt novels. Not exactly high literature, but fun in an 'over-the-top' sort of way. This one I put down after I was turned off by the anti-asian tone. It was difficult to know if he was talking about the Chinese bad guy or Chinese in general. His comment slamming Chinese music was the final straw. Unnecessary and stupid.

Pitt meets beautiful girl, fights bad guy, saves world. The end........2006-07-27

I've read all of the previous Clive Cussler novels, so I of course had to pick up "Flood Tide" as well. I got through the first 400 pages before having to stop out of boredom. I then realized that I've been reading Dirk Pitt novels lately out of a sense of obligation, even though the writing has gone down hill.

The problem with "Flood Tide" is that it's just too formulaic and follows the same path as every other Pitt novel. Pitt happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time and ends up saving the life of a beautiful woman. He then works with that woman to stop some kind of disaster that literally threatens to destroy most of the world. And of course the obligatory instance of a character who happens to be named "Clive Cussler" who helps Pitt out along the way, which has gone from humorous to inane. Is the reader supposed to gsp in awe when a random character in the book says "my name's Cussler. Clive Cussler." I GET IT YOU NAMED A CHARACTER AFTER YOU!!!!

There is nothing new in this book for the seasoned Pitt fan, and unfortunately the major villain is not as evil as he should be and there is no real sense of a threat to his generic evil plan. The action also seems generic and like something out of a Steven Seagall movie. I love Dirk Pitt stories but with the exception of the previous book, "Shock Wave," the last few before this seem like cookie-cutter Pitt novels, and unless you are a die hard Pitt fan I would suggest skipping them until Cussler develops some more original writing. There is nothing in "Flood Tide" that you need to know to follow along with the character or series, and as much as I hate to do it after reading 400 pages, when a book feels like more of a chore than entertainment, I know it's time to put it down. This isn't necessarily a bad book however, but it's definitely mediocre when compared to previous stories in the Dirk Pitt series.

Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919

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A Most Excellent Book!!
Killer Molasses Tsunami Floods Boston
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Forgotten Tragedy
Informative and Interesting Account of a Forgotten Disaster

Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
Stephen Puleo
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ASIN: 0807050210

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The compelling story of a man-made disaster amid the tensions of the early twentieth century. Shortly after noon on January 15, 1919, a fifty-foot-tall steel tank filled with 2.3 million gallons of molasses collapsed on Boston's waterfront, disgorging its contents as a fifteen-foot-high wave of molasses that briefly traveled at thirty-five miles per hour. When the tide receded, a section of the city's North End had been transformed into a war zone. The Great Boston Molasses Flood claimed the lives of twenty-one people and scores of animals, injured 150, and caused widespread destruction. But the molasses flood was more than an isolated event. Its story overlays America's story during a tumultuous decade in our history. Tracing the era from the tank's construction in 1915 through the multiyear lawsuit that followed the tragedy, Dark Tide uses the drama of the flood to examine the sweeping changes brought about by World War I, Prohibition, the Anarchist movement, the Red Scare, immigration, and the role of big business in society.

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A Most Excellent Book!!.......2007-10-10

The research for this book is phenominal. Steve Puleo answers any question the reader may have about this event. Many articles have been published over the years about the Molasses event but none as indepth as this book. All history buffs, fans of Boston or just reading a good story will enjoy this book.

Killer Molasses Tsunami Floods Boston.......2007-09-04

Blank stares, or expressions of disbelief are the usual reactions that people display when being told about a fifteen-foot tidal wave of Molasses sweeping through the narrow streets of Boston's North End during World War I. People feel that the possibility of a person being swept away and drowned in what most of them think of as only a sugary topping for pancakes or waffles seems impossible. But for the 21 people and many horses and other animals who actually drowned in the icky goo and the many more who were permanently injured by being slammed into brick walls or buried under falling buildings, the image was all too real.
Stephen Puleo writes in such a skilled manner as to make his readers feel like they were actually there, either caught up in the nightmarish flood of black goop or observing it first hand. He was blessed in his research by discovering all the transcripts and interviews from the many lengthy court cases that followed the 1919 disaster were still available. Those cases led to many reforms to the Boston and the rest of the nation's building and zoning codes. The horrible accident could have been avoided. There were plenty of indications of the impending disaster. Over many months, when too many streams of molasses were seen running down the sides of the 50-foot high storage tank and neighborhood children were regularly coming over to collect some of the sugary syrup as a sweet treat, the reaction of the manager of the storage tank was to paint the tank the same color as the molasses so that the problem wasn't as noticeable.
Thankfully, this terrible tragedy greatly curtailed the future placement of dangerous storage tanks or other industries in crowded residential neighborhoods. This book is a fascinating read. It also provides many incisive insights into the Italian Immigration of Boston and the USA as it was prior to World War I. The only weakness I detected in the book was the attempt to tie the Sacco/Vanzetti convictions and later executions into the story. They were two of the anarchist's leaders who were advocating armed revolution and terror bombings during the period of the story, but the connection with the main story of the Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 was a bit of a stretch. The inclusion of their story is mostly a distraction from this excellent history of a surreal disaster that swept through the quaint street canyons of historic Boston. This easy-to-read narrative should be required reading for all Boston high schools and colleges.

Great Read.......2007-05-14

This book is a great read for any history buff. I'd always heard about the molasses flood but when I read the book, it was fascinating to learn about the issues that were so pressing during this Era. Anarchist, bombing, death threats, Corporate greed and cover ups...it's all there and it shows that History really does repeat itself.

Forgotten Tragedy.......2007-03-22

In 1919, a tank filled with 2.3 million gallons of molasses spilled its contents onto Boston's North End creating a wave 25 feet high and 150 feet long. In its path of destruction, 21 people were killed from 10 year old children to a 76 year old messenger caught up while doing his job in the area.

In today's world of cable and internet news, insatiable for events to cover, it is hard to imagine a deadly and unusual story like this almost forgotten a mere century later. Yet, I grew up just outside of Boston and worked in the city for years without ever hearing this event referred to.

Dark Tide has just been reprinted and justifiably so as it deserves a wide readership. I ran through this book in 3 days. In part 1, Puleo paints a picture of foreboding as a giant tank looms over the North End and commercial waterfront, blocking out the sun for many residents. The tank oozes molasses when full and is surrounded by local children filling cans with the sweetener to bring home. Meanwhile, rumbling noises are emitted from inside the tank while Builder and Manager Arthur Jell ignores repeated warnings from employee Isaac Gonzales that disaster is immenent.

Using a structure similar to that of Jonathan Harr in A Civil Action, Puleo follows an account of the tragedy by covering the legal battles to determine who was at fault. Although justice seems to be better served in Puleo's North End than in Harr's Woburn, Mass, the reader may be stunned at how little value the judge assigns to human life especially when compared to a more modern calculus.

This is an exteremly dramatic book for a historical account and a must read for Boston natives.

Informative and Interesting Account of a Forgotten Disaster.......2006-12-18

Puleo's work does an excellent job of describing the event itself (the Great Boston Molasses Flood) and the ensuring aftermath, while at the same time providing vivid context of the political, economic, and social enviornment at the time (World War I, Prohibition, immigration, the power and influence of labor unions, the growth of "big business", etc.) Although he does mention the influenza pandemic taking place during 1918-1919, I would have personally liked to see a little more text devoted to its impact in the Boston area and worldwide. Regardless, the book is extremely well written and enjoyable to read... the kind you don't want to put down once you start reading it. As a professional who works in the areas of emergency preparedness and response, and with a formal background in international affairs and history, this book was perfect for me. Highly recommended!!!

Taken at the Flood (aka There is a Tide...)

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Greed, passion, and murder make for great reading
Surprises to the very end
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When Taken at the Flood...It Can Lead to Murder
Original, entertaining, intriguing, challenging

Taken at the Flood (aka There is a Tide...)
Agatha Christie
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ASIN: 042506803X
Release Date: 2004-01-06

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When a widow tries to collect on her inheritance, her late husband's family is unpleasantly surprised. They're even more horrified by the news that this lovely stranger may be a bigamist. Now murder shakes the family tree, and it's time for Hercule Poirot to investigate.

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A few weeks after marrying an attractive young widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs. Underhay finds herself in sole possession of the Cloade family fortune. Shortly afterwards, Hercule Poirot receives a visit from the dead man's sister-in-law who claims she has been warned by 'spirits' that Mrs. Underhay's first husband is still alive. Poirot has his suspicions when he is asked to find a missing person guided only by the spirit world. Yet what mystifies Poirot most is the woman's true motive for approaching him...

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Greed, passion, and murder make for great reading.......2007-09-11

Solid, lesser known Agatha Christie title has the author's usual hallmarks, namely clean writing and a complicated but clearly described solution to the crime (or, in this case, crimes). Added bonuses are a picturesque setting- a small isolated English village- and an unpredictable romantic subplot in addition to the unpredictable mystery.

Like virtually every Agatha Christie offering, "Taken at the Flood" is a fast, engaging reading experience, with not an iota of staleness despite its being around for decades.

Surprises to the very end.......2005-05-05

While taking refuge in a London Club during an air raid Poirot tries to take his mind off the bombing going on outside by listening to the club bore tell yet another of his endless stories. Years later the subjects of the story and the bore re-enter Poirot's life as he tries to sort out past fictions from fact to solve more recent murders.

The Cloade family had always relied on Uncle Gordon and his money to make their lives more comfortable. In post war England life was most uncomfortable so they needed Uncle Gordon (and his money) more than ever. Unfortunately for them Uncle has married a much younger woman, then died before making provisions for any of them. Now they needed to ask his young wife and her bother (or IS he her brother?) for help...or did they?

Surprise twists happen every few pages making what is seemed certain suddenly uncertain - rather like the post war turmoil many of the characters were experiencing. In typical Christie fashion though, all the clues are there for the reader to ferret out before Poirot reveals all.

Please note that this book is also available as THERE IS A TIDE

No One Can Do it Like Agatha Christie!.......2004-09-28

Agatha Christie is such a master at her chosen genre, that mystery novels are continually judged against her extensive body of work. And well they should be. She keeps her readers guessing right up until the end, over and over again. She is still truly the Grande Dame of mystey fiction writers, and her work will be around for a long time to come. In this book we have Hercule Poirot visiting a small village called Warmsley Vale. He finds himself in a real tangled mess that concerns various members of a certain family that lives in this out-of-the-way spot. The ending is a real surprise, and we the readers have such fun getting there. No one can match Ms. Christie's cunning and ingenious plots, and this book does not disappoint.

When Taken at the Flood...It Can Lead to Murder.......2004-03-02

This was a great book. The characters are really full of life and you really get inside their heads. The story opens in a London terrorized by the Blitz. Hercule Poirot hears a story told by the club bore, about a woman who's husband had died and now she was married to a millionaire. She herself is now a millionaire because he had died recently. Later, Poirot is encountered by Katherine Cloade, who is related to the millionaire. Then we are taken to the village of Warmsley Vale where we meet the members of the Cloade family, Adela Marchmont, Lynn Marchmont, Lionel Cloade, Katherine Cloade, Jeremy Cloade, Frances Cloade, and Rowley Cloade. They are all disgusted at one thing, that they haven't a penny to bless themselves with and Rosaleen Cloade and her brother David Hunter, whom they think are fortune hunters, have everything. But then, a man is murdered at a hotel, and the connection between him and the family seems to be getting greater and greater. The only downpoint of this novel is the fact that Agatha Christie seemed to have no enthusiasum in putting Hercule Poirot in the novel, as you will find happens often in most of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels. When Hercule Poirot does make his untimely appearance in Warmsley Vale, it is already a good deal through the book. All around, it's a great book.

Original, entertaining, intriguing, challenging.......2002-08-26

This is one of the most original mystery of all times. Agatha Christie treated the readers to not one, not two, but three deaths, each death being a very clever deception! The final outcome is almost guaranteed to please all mystery fans. The fourth deception is the title, which I personally thought seriously failed to convey anything meaningful to the contents.

During an air raid in London, World War 2, Poirot happened to overhear a Major Porter musing over a news report he just read. Mr Gordon Cloade, rich old man and once thought to be a confirmed bachelor, had married a young girl Rosaleen shortly before being hit by enemy bombing of London. The widow and her brother were the only people succesfully rescued, the rest of the household staff perished and Gordon Cloade did not awaken though the rescuers dug him out too.

Major Porter mused that he had known the first husband of Rosaleen in Africa, a colonial by the name of Robert Underhay. The couple realised that the marriage was a mistake. Pious Roman Catholic Underhay confided in Porter that he might do an "Enoch Arden" (in reference to Alfred Tennyson's poem of the same name), letting the world think he was dead and enabling Rosaleen to move on with her life. Whatever the case, word came to the colonial office that Underhay died in the outbacks and later, Rosaleen had a lightning marriage with rich Gordon Cloade, only to be widowed again shortly.

The story moved on to a year after the end of the war and life in Britain was difficult for most people, not the least to other members of the Cloade family. Gordon Cloade was the financial protector who had actively encouraged the other Cloades to venture out on their own, tacitly promising financial backings to pick them up if they fall or to take care of them. The quick succession of his marriage and death meant that all his money went into a trust for his widow instead. Though the Cloades were not parasitic, one by one, they ran into difficulties in post-war Britain, ranging from a housewife whose pre-war investments shrank, to a farmer struggling to make his farm viable, even those in the medical and legal profession had financial problems. They might have come to terms with the apparently simple-minded Rosaleen but for her outrightly hostile brother David Hunter.

Things became very interesting when a man arrived in their village claiming to be Enoch Arden. An inn's maid overheard David Hunter being blackmailed with news of Underhay still being alive. Shortly afterwards, Enoch Arden was found murdered.

Agatha Christie normally provided readers with one strong highly involved enigmatic girl who was either instrumental in the plot or in providing insights, such as Elinor Carlisle in Sad Cypress, Joanna Burton in The Moving Finger, and Veronica Cray in The Hollow. It was a rare treat in this novel that she had two such female characters: Frances Cloade, wife of Jeremy Cloade the lawyer who was determined to save her husband at all cost and show him that she loved him and had not married because he saved her father before, and Lynn Marchmont, a discharged WREN trying to decide if she still wanted to marry Rowland Cloade the farmer who stayed behind during the war to farm the land, or it was a different person she wanted.

Agatha Christie's female characters were always more interesting than her males, their insight, sheer determination and tenacity would quickly dispel the myth of women being the weaker sex.

In a true Christie style, readers were given a glimpse that each of branch of the Cloade family had something to hide. In a novel twist, none apparently is what could usually be guessed.

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Sri Muruganar Realized the Self soon after meeting Sri Ramana Maharshi. This book is one of the most detailed and beautiful descriptions of the experience of liberation ever written. This book is an excellent attempt to put into words the experience of waking up from the human dream into the infinite reality of perfect love-bliss-awareness.

Full Moon, Flood Tide: Bill Proctor's Raincoast

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Full Moon, Flood Tide by Bill Proctor

Full Moon, Flood Tide: Bill Proctor's Raincoast
Bill Proctor , and Yvonne Maximchuk
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The big flood tide that accompanies the full moon is a pivotal event for those who make a living from the sea. Salmon returning to their natal rivers and streams always come in on the full moon tide, so this is the best time for fishing. And since the full moon ebb tide retreats farther than usual, it s also the best time to gather shellfish.
Bill Proctor has lived and worked by the full moon flood tides for all his life. A natural storyteller, he points the way to hidden waterfalls and abandoned Native village sites, knows the best coves for shelter in a sou easter and shares the compelling and often funny stories of the Natives and settlers who loved this place. People like Fritz Salem, who made the best moonshine on the coast; Joe Jack, who knew the secrets of fishing for spring salmon in winter; and Dad McKay, who lived on eggs and bannock in a hollow cedar stump. Some of Proctor s stories will raise goosebumps around a campfire--like the sad fate of the Maid of Orleans, a former slave ship, or strange encounters with a giant sleeper shark and the ghost of Kingcome Inlet.
Full Moon, Flood Tide is no conventional cruising guide, but an indispensable companion for travellers around northern Vancouver Island, Fife Sound, Wells Passage, Blackfish Sound and Tribune Channel. Maps illustrate the places Proctor describes, in an order suitable for visiting by boat. Brimming with coastal lore and sprinkled liberally with Yvonne Maximchuk s line drawings, this fascinating volume pays tribute to pioneers who wrested a livelihood from forest and sea even as it makes a passionate plea to preserve the wilderness.

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Full Moon, Flood Tide by Bill Proctor.......2007-01-17

Anyone with a sailboat on Puget Sound, WA and an urge to explore north into B.C. will find this book a treasure trove of information on the Broughton Archepelago area of Johnstone Strait. Well written by a man who was raised up there.

Flood Tide of Empire (Western Americana)

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Flood Tide of Empire (Western Americana)
Warren L. Cook
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Clive Cussler: Two Novels: Flood Tide; Cyclops

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Great stories!!
5-Stars for Cyclops...4 1/2 for Flood Tide

Clive Cussler: Two Novels: Flood Tide; Cyclops
Clive Cussler
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ASIN: 0517162776
Release Date: 2001-04-10

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Non-stop action, incredible plots and super-hero Dirk Pitt make this omnibus a fabulous entertainment from New York Times best-selling author Clive Cussler.

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Great stories!!.......2006-02-26

This is a great item for the Dirk Pitt fans that are trying to buy all the books. I do think that it is a rather random combination, because they aren't in sequential order, but what the hey?

5-Stars for Cyclops...4 1/2 for Flood Tide.......2001-06-20

I was momentarily surprised when I saw this book at my local bookstore because I thought for a split second that I was looking at a brand new Cussler novel...but the wind quickly left my sails as I realized that I had already purchased and read both of these books and enjoyed them. But I LOVE novels that combine more than one book, and I couldn't help myself, and I picked it up right then and there and proceeded to re-read these incredible yarns.

I'll start with 'Cyclops'. A much earlier Dirk Pitt story than 'Flood Tide' and in MY opinion, ranks as one of Cussler's greatest adventures. Taking the reader from the depths of the sea to Communist Cuba, to the very surface of the moon, I can't think of ANY yarn that takes you on such a tremendous journey as this one. Mixing adventure with a small dose of near-future science fiction, Cussler never once lets up on the entertaining action. The Russians attempt to hijack the space shuttle...the President is informed of a private American moon colony, one that has been there for YEARS, and was NOT funded by NASA...and the race to collect the secrets learned from this amazing feat is on. Who will win? As they say, getting there is half the fun, especially when Dirk Pitt is involved. Do yourself a GIGANTIC favor and read 'Cyclops' and you will be forever greatful for the hours of pure escapism entertainment.

'Flood Tide' is a more recent Pitt adventure, and comes on the heels of a tragedy that Dirk experiences in 'Shock Wave'. I recommend reading 'Shock Wave' first just so you'll know WHY Dirk is in the frame of mind he starts out with in 'Flood Tide'. With that out of the way, Dirk, ever the magnet for situations that require his expertise otherwise earth-shaking consequences result, swims right into yet another hornets nest of trouble. This time in the Pacific Northwest when he helps an Asian woman escape from forced slavery, and returns to assist the others who were not as lucky. This unlocks a conspiracy which finds Dirk & Company in the deep South helping avert a disaster which could ignite the deaths of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of American lives. While exciting and well-written, I place 'Flood Tide' near the bottom of the Dirk Pitt adventures I have read (which are all of them at last count). Just keep in mind that Cussler's least entertaining books are more fun than most other writers best material. Either way, do NOT pass up an opportunity to read about Dirk Pitt...easily one of the greatest characters in adventure fiction since the invention of the written language.

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In the Morland Dynasty series, the majestic sweep of English history is richly and movingly portrayed through the fictional lives of the Morland family. It is 1772, and England is peaceful under George III, and Morland Place flourishes under the careful tending of Jemima and her loyal husband Allen. Their seven children often bring them heartache, but they are sustained by their love for each other and their absorbing interest in improving the estate lands. But beyond England’s shores things are not so calm. Morland cousins find themselves embroiled in the American war for independence, and the family’s bastard offshoot, Henri, disports himself in the salons of Paris while outside revolution creeps closer.

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Flood Tide (Merovingen Nights, No 6)
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Can't fight the tide, only roll with it.......2002-04-15

As in all the anthologies in this series, _Flood Tide_'s stories are written in a braided format, so that the effect is almost seamless as the events of the book flow forward. My comments are organized more by author than by appearance in the book. This volume (which has only had 1 edition to date) has a Hildebrandt painting of Cardinal Exeter confronting Rif and Rat on its cover, which I mention only to joggle the memories of those who may have read it before. If you're hard up for a Merovingen-like story, try _The Shadow of the Lion_; Mercedes Lackey, one-third of the writing team, gave medieval alternate-history Venice some distinctly Merovingenish touches.

Cardinal Willa Exeter and the hard-line anti-tech faction of the College have been cracking down on any signs of anything but Revenantist orthodoxy. (It's just an excuse for manipulating high and low town through fear, though.) Strangers aren't welcome in any tavern in town, and people speak their minds only to trusted intimates. Public topics for gossip are scarce, but anything that's safe to talk about is talked to death.

Abbey, Lynn "Marriage" - The city's gambling on which will come first - Marina's baby or her contract-wedding to Raj Takahashi. Maverick Uncle Bosnou from the Kamat stancia comes to the city for the first time in decades to perform the ceremony. The Kamats, being relative newcomers to hightown, have been careful to keep their resources decentralized; the sheepfarming that provides the wool for their dye-vats is the real heart of their holdings. And Bosnou seems to be the only hightowner who can control bridge-brat Denny Takahashi long enough to have a chance to salvage him.

Asire, Nancy "The Testing" Being a student - or even a priest and teacher - at the college is no guarantee of safety. The students are to be tested to check whether they meet the new standards of orthodoxy, and Father Rhajmurti is doing everything in his power to see that his best students - especially Adventist converts Justice and Raj - have enough coaching to be able to 'correctly' reason their way through the tests. This thread concentrates on viewing the orthodox persecution from the eye of the storm: the halls of the College itself.

Cherryh, C. J. "Flood Tide" The thread tying all the others together. Mondragon has had to move into Kamat itself, away from Petrescu, and lock his door against Marina Kamat. Anastasi's having him Disappear people, and Jones won't run, and can't bear confinement long enough to hide anywhere but out in the open. Mondragon himself is getting closer and closer to his own horror of being in a prison again, if he isn't killed outright while playing so many factions against one another.

Fish, Leslie "Walking on the Waves" Another night trip with Rif, to install another Janist-designed change in Merovingen's ecology as a check on the tangle-lilies. Worse, Exeter's finally gotten to Rif and Rattail on the list of suspect people to be questioned. (The cover art's from that scene, which is priceless.)

Lackey, Mercedes "Don't Look Back" The captain of the College fencing team is persecuting Raj, an Adventist convert among nervous College students, and Raj isn't good enough at formal swordplay to defend himself conventionally. Far more dangerous, though, is Granther Takahashi's letter regarding a certain signed blade sent upriver for identification, and just who his first choice for Heir is...

Lackey, Mercedes "Merovingian Folklore 102" - Famous signs and portents, especially relating to the Angel.
Lackey, Mercedes "Merovingian Songs" - The lyrics of two of Rif & Rat's more inane songs (mentioned in the text).

Lackey, Mercedes "With Friends Like These" The Janists smuggled part of their gear into town in a Kamat shipment, before the Samurai security came into being. Now they need Denny's thieving skills and Kamat connections to get it out of the warehouse safely.

Morris, Janet & Morris, Chris "Rapprochement" MacGruder's working on spooking the Boregys (and through them, Mikhail Kalugin) away from the fanatic Revenantist faction, and pushing the other two Kalugin heirs into a working alliance. Mondragon himself isn't important, but Exeter's using him as live bait, to tempt someone into killing him to preserve secrets, and MacGruder can't have that.

Rogow, Roberta "Where's the Fire" - The safest topic for gossip in town is Farren's Folly (the new Firewatch). Unfortunately, their first call is to Megarys - the slavers.

Sinor, Bradley H. "Wheels within Wheels" - A locked-room murder at Duquesne (the Househead was the victim).

Deep in Det: the Merovingen web tightens.......2001-05-16

Imagine, if you will, Mercedes Lackey's character development in a world created by C.J. Cherryh. Add a number of other talented authors, simmer until well-blended, then bring to a rapid boil. Now it boils over, but wait -- it was supposed to do that!

The Merovingen Nights anthology series is one of my all-time favorites. The city of Merovingen is created with incredible depth (no pun intended; like Venice, it sits on canals and is gradually sinking), the characters are deep and sympathetic (even the "villains," who are mostly real people stuck in very stressful circumstances), and the plot is twisty and turney without being confusing (much). The Merovingen Nights books do need to be read in some semblence of order, however, or you can miss a LOT of subtle details important to later character development.

In the early Merovingen Nights books, stories and characters created by individual authors are fairly self-contained. As the series continues, not only are the stories "braided" together for better continuity, but the characters move freely from author to author and writing styles mesh extremely well. By #6, Flood Tide, you can barely tell who is writing what or about whom.

In Flood Tide, the situation in Merovingen is coming to a head. Tensions are building from hightown to canalside, and something is going to blow. Character relations are straining, cracking, and occasionally breaking. Excellent lead-in the the final book in the series.

If you like fantasy, science fiction, and filk music, Merovingen Nights is not to be missed.

Just wish they'd reprint them...

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