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Country Blues => Weenie Campbell Main Forum => Books and Articles => Topic started by: jostber on May 28, 2017, 01:46:02 PM
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http://www.mississippibluestravellers.com/recommendations/book-recommendation-rising-tide-by-john-m-barry/
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Excellent read. I got this book on the recommendation of someone with whom I shared a professional interest in dam and levee performance. It's all that, but it also does a great job of placing the flood, the Mississippi Delta, and the plantation system in historical and political context; I've not seen that in any of the blues histories.
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Thanks for the recommend. I would've never found this book on my own.
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It's one of the best books I've read in the last twenty years. If you want some cultural perspective on Mississippi in the 1920's Barry's book and Wardlow & Calt's Patton bio are the best places to find it in my opinion.
Both books are full of history, data and stories. I learned a lot reading Rising Tide. Thanks for mentioning it, I think I'll read it again. I recommend it unreservedly.