Mississippi Goddam

many events that helped formed today’s modern state system. The Louisiana Purchase was a deal between France and The United States that led to the exchange of a large portion of land in the Western hemisphere. France explored the land around the Mississippi River and settled in many different places around the region…

Mountain Men The outdoorsman way of life is one of the simplest, yet difficult ways to live and is the oldest. Everybody’s ancestors were hunters and gatherers. The Mountain man way of life is almost extinct; however there are still people who live this primitive life. The Mountain man needed very distinct characteristics and skills to be able to survive in the harsh climates they generally inhabited. They needed tenacity, and the desire to leave the metropolitan areas most people inhabit…

Ursus americanus luteolus, also known as the Louisiana black bear, is a big mammal that can be found along the Lower Mississippi River Valley. This solitary mammal weights between 200 to 400 pounds and it is characterized from other black bears for having a longer, narrower and flatter nose, with larger molar teeth. It has a life cycle similar to many other types of bears; they spend their first couple of years with their mothers. During winters they den, and when they become adults they mate.…

home after serving on the Brooklyn Farragut spent an abundant amount of time following along with the events of the War; eager to receive orders. Accordingly, his wish was granted when he received news that he would be given “possession of the Mississippi River all the way to the Gulf of Mexico” as the Flag Officer of a fleet to be a part of the “Anaconda Plan.” Gideon Welles, the Secretary of the Navy at the time, claims he gave the job to Farragut “because of ‘the way he had cleared out from…

Published posthumously in 1974 Written by Henry Dumas Essay: Henry Dumas is an African-American writer, born in July 20th 1934 in Arkansas. He spend early years of his life at the same place and get influenced with the religious and folk traditions of that soil in his early childhood. Henry Dumas writings focus his extraordinary vision, unusual ways of observing things and last but not least, the intersectional believes of natural and super natural traits. In most of the writings of Dumas, his…

in North America due to his many failed expeditions, La Salle is definitely one of the few and major explores who helped France lay eyes on land west of the Mississippi river. La Salle, in terms, opened up the American land for westward expansion. Through La Salle’s exploration and expedition across the central plains and gulf, the Mississippi river, and what is now Texas, France laid claims to pieces of territory that would later become of great importance to the Americans during westward…

that the United States’ action towards Indians was deplorable but never genocidal in certain areas. Many believe that California Indians were the victims of genocide from the Anglo Americans and Spanish. Yet, the genocide of Indians east of the Mississippi River has always been a hotly debated situation. Through my analysis of the time period leading up to the Removal Era, I have found that American Indians were subjected to genocide through coerced migration, settler expansion, as well as war…

its own sphere because it would negotiate to gain control of land nearby. For instance, Pinckney’s Treaty, signed in 1795, granted the United States usage of the Spanish Mississippi River, which would be a great benefit to the…

How Huckleberry Finn is a Coming of Age Novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is just like To Kill a Mockingbird because, Harper Lee wrote, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.” This relates to Huck Finn because both novels have characters who mature from life lessons. Mark Twain, the author of Huck Finn shows how the main character Huck matures from a young boy who does not want to live by any rules to a boy who matures from conflicts and…

the famous writers of American literature, Mark Twain. His original name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was the sixth child of Jane and John Clemens. When he was of four years, he and his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, a port town on the Mississippi river that inspired the fictional town of ‘St. Petersburg in the ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ and ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’. Slavery and Racism were both legal in Missouri at that period of time and these constituted the themes…