Where the River Runs Deep: The Story of a Mississippi River Pilot [Paperback]

Joy J. Jackson (Author)

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Oliver Jackson, Joy Jackson's father, was a pilot of oil- and coal-fired vessels, rather than paddleboats, from a little before World War II through 1964. In what began as a genealogy but blossomed into a lively history of New Orleans and life along the lower Mississippi, Joy Jackson portrays her father's cruel childhood and arduous climb to a profession of exacting skill; on the way up, he shipped out to Cuba and New York and was mustered into the Coast Guard for a time. Not exactly Old Jules, but meticulously researched, and readable enough. John Mort --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press (December 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807124613
• ISBN-13: 978-0807124611
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,935,279 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joy J. Jackson
1928 - 1996

Degrees: BA, MA and Ph.D, all from Tulane University

-- Named an assistant professor of history at Southeastern Louisiana University in 1966 after having previously taught history at Nicholls State in Thibodaux since 1961. Promoted to Associate Professor in 1968 and Professor in 1973.

-- For five years, she was a feature writer on the staff of Dixie Roto Magazine (New Orleans Times Picayune)

-- She was a member of the America Association of University Professors, American Association of University Women, the Louisiana Historical Association (Board of Directors), the Southern Historical Association and the Association of American Historians.

-- Authored the books "New Orleans in the Gilded Age: Politics and Urban Progress, 1880-1896" in 1969, published by the Louisiana Historical Association and Louisiana State University Press and "Where the River Runs Deep: The Story of a Mississippi River Pilot" in 1993 published by Louisiana State University Press.