Joy J. Jackson's Where the River Runs Deep tells two stories--both significant and both fascinating. It is a biography of the author's father, Oliver Jackson, who spent virtually his entire life on or near the Mississippi River. And it is a history of the river itself, and the many changes that have transformed it in the twentieth century.

 

Where the River Runs Deep is a story of river life unlike any other. It will appeal to students of regional history and family history, as well as to anyone fascinated by the lore of the Mississippi.

Joy J. Jackson, former professor of history and director of the Center for Regional Studies at Southeastern Louisiana University, was the author of New Orleans in the Gilded Age: Politics and Urban Progress, 1880-1896. She was the first woman to be elected president of the Louisiana Historical Association.

ISBN: 9780807124611

Paperback

352 pages

6 x 9

Bibliography, Index, Illustrated, Maps, Table of Contents

LSU Press, 1999