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Oliver A. Houck is professor of law and David Boies Chair in Public Interest Law at Tulane University. He has received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Environmental Section of the American Bar Association and Louisiana’s Conservationist of the Year. He is author of The Clean Water Act TMDL Program: Law, Policy, and Implementation; Taking Back Eden: Eight Environmental Cases That Changed the World; Downstream Toward Home: A Book of Rivers; and Uijongbu: A Soldier’s Life in Korea.
This delightful book constructs a vivid portrait of a unique American landscape, each chapter as joyous and satisfying to read as the remarkable experiences it records. What emerges in these pages is the poet's passion for language and the naturalist's delight in wild places. Reading this book not only provides a detailed and perceptive understanding of the Mississippi River batture, but also offers a set of literary excursions as refreshing and insightful as an afternoon on Huck and Jim's raft.--Barbara C. Ewell, coeditor (with Teresa A. Toulouse) of Sweet Spots: In-Between Spaces in New Orleans Oliver Houck takes you down to the river, then out wading deep into it. To say his book is enjoyable to read is true but does it an injustice--it's much more than simply fun. He opens your eyes into a part of the world most of us didn't know exists, then helps you understand it--and everything else.--John M. Barry, author of Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
