Draining the Swamp, Southern Style - North Carolina and Florida Wetlands and the Wright Report Scandal, 1896-1926

In 1912, a Congressional committee met to investigate allegations that the Secretary of Agriculture had suppressed a report by J. O. Wright on drainage in the Florida Everglades. The following seven months of committee hearings uncovered a veritable horror-show of corruption, self-dealing, misuse of government personnel and property for private gain, the tarring of reputations in order to protect high-level officials, and outright blackmail within the Department of Agriculture and the state governments of Florida and North Carolina.
The "Wright Report Incident" is most commonly understood in its connection to the Everglades, and few histories have included its effects on the North Carolina Pocosin wetland and other coastal plain swamps. This book seeks fills that gap. It details the timeline, intricate politics, and webs of corruption that make up the story of the Wright Incident and, specifically, its connection to land management practices in coastal North Carolina that continue to impact the industries of the state almost 100 years later.

Sommario

Table of Contents

Introduction

1.¿Sort of a Plan of His Own

2.¿This Country Is Not Good for Anything

3.¿Simply Fundamental Hydraulics

4.¿Land Richer Than the Valley of the Nile

5.¿It Looks Peculiar to Me

6.¿Adventures in Draining the Great Dismal Swamp

7.¿A Damned Lying Statement

8.¿The Best Photographs I Have Ever Seen

9.¿Vacillating and Deficient

10.¿Lamar's Crying Cow

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Info autore

Bruce D. Epperson is a retired attorney who has written technical works on urban transportation planning (including bicycles) for the Federal Highway Administration, the Transportation Research Board and the Institute of Transportation Engineers. He lives in Highland, New York.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Bruce D. Epperson, Epperson Bruce D.
• Editore: Ingram Publishers Services
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 18 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 12.03.2021
• EAN: 9781476684642
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-8464-2
• Pagine: 234
• Dimensioni: 178 mm x 254 mm x 12 mm
• Peso: 431 g
• Illustrazioni: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Florida, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, North Carolina, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Conservation of the environment, History of the Americas, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), C 1900 - C 1914, c 1890 to c 1899