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"Life on the Mississippi", 2006.
An in-depth look at the book by Mark Twain, "Life on the Mississippi".
1,157 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 27.95
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In this paper the author looks in-depth at the famous book written by Mark Twain,"Life on the Mississippi". The paper examines the life led by people who lived alongside the Mississippi how they would wait for a steamboat to pull up to bring them news and goods. The author looks at Mark Twain as one of the most qualified to know about river life as he grew up in that area. In looking at the book, the author also surmises that life on the river led to the birth of a very different America, one where business and industrialization were advanced.
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"As a cub-pilot, Twain became enamored of the technicalities of the work, the sounding, the danger when the river rose, but the chief attraction of the work was that, . . ."a pilot in those days, [i.e., before the Civil War] was the only unfettered and entirely independent human being that lived in the earth." (118) Once under way, the boat was under the unquestioned control of the pilot."
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The Life of Anne Moody, 2006.
This paper serves as an analysis of Anne Moody's autobiography "Coming of Age in Mississippi".
1,684 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 37.95
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The writer discusses the book "Coming of Age in Mississippi", that is focused on Moody's position as a black woman in a world that she considers as being for whites. The writer looks at her description of what it was like living in Mississippi during the 1940s and 1950s and how the racial issues she encountered as a child led her into a life of political activism, as she worked tirelessly to change the world as it relates to the treatment of black people. The writer describes how Moody's life story shares what she learned about the social significance of race and what impact this had on her life. By considering Anne Moody's life and the world she grew up in, the racial issues that were present in the 1940s and 1950s are portrayed in this paper. The impact Moody's environment had on her life is also demonstrated.
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"'Coming of Age in Mississippi' is broken into four sections, each one describing a different section of Moody's life. The first section is "Childhood" and this is the only section of the book where Moody is not driven by her awareness of the way the world is. In this section, she is too young to question the world she is experiences and just accepts the world for what it is. It is in the next section titled "High School" that Moody begins to question the world and how black people are treated. From the first point where Moody begins to see the way the world is, her response is anger. She is angry at the white people for treating the blacks as they do. She is angry over the murders of prominent black people. But her anger is not only at the white people. She is also angry at the black people for letting the world be like this. A lot of the anger at black people is based on her observation that black people are not standing up for themselves. While everyone else around her seems to feel like they have no choice but to live in the place that white people have put them, Moody sees that things could be different."
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?Coming of Age in Mississippi?, 2005.
A paper on the life of Anne Moody and how, even as a child, she knew that she did not want to follow in her parents' footsteps as sharecroppers.
1,171 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper, through a review of Anne Moody's book "Coming of Age in Mississippi" gives an account of Moody's life as the daughter of sharecroppers and describes how, at a very early age, Moody was determined to escape the life of poverty and hopelessness that her parents suffered as sharecroppers.
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"The Jim Crow South followed a time when an immense amount of change was supposed to be occurring. Unfortunately for many, it wasn't. Between the times of pre-Civil War slavery and the Jim Crow South, there was little change in the treatment of blacks. The Civil War and amendments such as the Thirteenth Amendment attempted to emancipate blacks from slavery, but in the times of the Jim Crow South, the sharecropping ties between "free" blacks and their white bosses were too strong to break and blacks could not actually become free to thrive as equal citizens. Everything about Jim Crow laws pointed toward segregation and nothing towards freedom at all. It took many decades of sit-ins, rallies, and demonstrations for blacks to finally make ground in the fight for racial equality. Anne Moody's life and her autobiography "Coming of Age in Mississippi" coincided with most of the important events in the progression of black equality."
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The Mississippi River Wars, 2007.
A close look at the battle of Vicksburg that raged on the Mississippi River in the Civil War.
2,837 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 58.95
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The paper explores the strategies that led to the battle of Vicksburg that raged on the Mississippi. The paper relates that the battle for Vicksburg is considered one of the pivotal clashes of the Civil War, mainly because it was such a strategic spot on the river. The paper explains that it also dealt a blow to the Confederacy when it opened up traffic in the Mississippi to Union supplies and troops. The paper concentrates on several aspects of the battle for Vicksburg.
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"A book called Grant Wins The War: Decision at Vicksburg goes into great detail about the city of Vicksburg, and the fight for the city on the Mississippi River. As far as fortifications against attacks, Vicksburg had a natural advantage; the high ground east of the city was a serious of bluffs, up to 260 feet high. With powerful cannons positioned heavily on those bluffs, it made it very problematic for the northern naval forces to make it past, either from the south or north. In addition to the high bluffs, there was a sharp bend in the river right at that point; "naval guns could not elevate sufficiently to engage batteries along the blufftops," Arnold writes on page 14. The rebels had "two heavy batteries," a four-gun battery on the highest ground, and 50 feet above the river another battery."
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Mississippi in History, 2002.
An historical review of Mississippi, with focus on racial tensions in the area.
2,228 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 47.95
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This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the topic of the history of Mississippi. Specifically, it examines the history showing the living conditions, social behaviors and industrialization in Mississippi, comparing white and black issues from a period from 1944 -1964.
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"Mississippi is one of the poorest states in the nation. Even today, the state boasts "a judicial system in which 70 percent of the prisoners are black, while the state's population is only 36 percent black, and a state per capita income that is only two-thirds of the national average" (Krane and Shaffer 4). Mississippi's history has always been a bit behind the times, and the period of 1944 through 1964 was no exception. The state made some great strides ahead in many areas, but still managed to lag behind the rest of the nation in many areas."
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The Black Mississippi of 1950, 2001.
This paper analyzes the book "Coming of Age in Mississippi" by Anne Moody, a female black author of the civil rights era.
1,145 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper closely examines the black civil rights movement in Mississippi through the book "Coming of Age in Mississippi" by Anne Moody. The paper gives great historic detail to events and issues of the 1950s and 60s. It gives biographic details of Anne Moody's courageous life.
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"African Americans had been struggling for their right for freedom and equality in the United States since the early 1600?s and the struggle had undergone a metamorphosis many times. As the times and social attitudes changed so did the strategy of the fight. African Americans adapted to the mood and behavior of the era they were in."
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Mississippi Burning, 2002.
An analysis of the movie "Mississippi Burning".
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper explores the movie Mississippi Burning and discusses whether the movie was based on fact, Hollywood Hype or some of both. Many of the events were indeed factual events but for box office ratings the movie takes off with an artistic license to attract movie goers across the nation.
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Mississippi River, 2004.
A brief examination of the history of the Mississippi River.
821 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 20.95
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This paper explains the historical and geographical importance of the Mississippi River. It looks at the symbolic nature of the river as being the separation point between East and West. The paper focuses on the early history of the river and looks at the Native Americans who lived nearby.
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"The Mississippi River is one of the world's great rivers. It is the longest river in the United States, more than twenty-three hundred miles in length, as it forms the borders of ten states, almost bisecting the continent (Currie,2003, 8). The river has a long history as well, and it has touched the lives of many people. The Mississippi is said to begin at Lake Itasca in Minnesota. In 1832, explorer Henry Schoolcraft named this lake, not after any local Indian name, but from the Latin words for "true head" which are veritas caput shortened to "Itasca" (Currie, 2003, 4). However, long before its source was named it was a navigational river."
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"Coming of Age in Mississippi", 2002.
A review of the themes of civil rights and freedom in Anne Moody's"Coming of Age in Mississippi".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, £ 30.95
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This paper is an examination of the autobiographical work, "Coming of Age in Mississippi", by Anne Moody. The paper looks at the themes of civil rights, individual freedom, and spiritual freedom within the novel. It concludes that the book was a direct extension of the struggle of her people prior to and during the Civil Rights movement.
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"Mississippi Mud", 2002.
A book report on "Mississippi Mud" by Edward Humes about the assassination of a mayoral candidate.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, £ 18.95
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This paper will discuss the book "Mississippi Mud" by Edward Humes, and seek to understand the the happenings that occurred relating to the assassination of a judge who was running for office as mayor. The paper probes the impact that this attack on a candidate for office created and examines a group called the 'Dixie Mob' that presided in the area, and did not want this man in office.
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"Quiet Odyssey: A Pioneer Korean Woman in America" and "Coming of Age in Mississippi", 2002.
A literary comparison between "Quiet Odyssey: A Pioneer Korean Woman in America" by Mary Paik Lee and "Coming of Age in Mississippi" by Anne Moody.
1,358 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 31.95
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The paper is a discussion and analysis of the two novels "Quiet Odyssey: A Pioneer Korean Woman in America" by Mary Paik Lee and "Coming of Age in Mississippi," by Anne Moody. Specifically, the paper compares and contrasts the hardships that Mary and Anne had to overcome. The paper looks at how their struggles were similar and different. These two women at first seem quite divergent from each other in experience and culture, but after reading these two books, it is clear these women have much in common, from their experience of prejudice and hate, to their ability to create meaningful lives for themselves while sharing their experiences with others.
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"At first glance, Asian Mary Paik Lee and Black Anne Moody could not be more different. One was an Asian immigrant who came to the country in 1905; and the other was a poor black living in the South at the height of the Civil Rights movement. Certainly, these two very different women, from far dissimilar backgrounds and generations, could have nothing in common. Yet, as the reader delves into their stories, they discover these two women have far more in common that first envisioned."
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The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1993, 2007.
A look at the extensive damage caused in the US by the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1993.
2,036 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 44.95
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The paper discusses how the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1993, also known as the Great Flood of 1993, is considered unparalleled in magnitude, extent and impact and was possibly the costliest and most devastating flood to ever impact the U.S. The paper reveals that fifty deaths were reported and the total damage cost was estimated at $20 billion. The paper looks closely at the damage sustained by the land, plants, birds and animals.
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"This record flooding occurred from May to September 1993 across North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin and Illinois (Larson 1996). Its magnitude and severity were so overwhelming that the Flood ranks as one of the greatest natural disasters to hit the US. Around 600 river forecast points in the Midwest were above the flood stage all at the same time. It affected almost 150 major rivers and tributaries. Fifty flood deaths were reported (Larson). Causes or factors of the Great Flood were attributed the saturation of soils and increased stream levels in the fall of 1992, the snowpack in the central US, heavy rainfall in late March, the saturation of the northern ends of the Missouri River and an unusually persistent weather pattern from June to early August (Larson)."
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"Coming of Age in Mississippi", 2002.
An analysis of Interracial tension in "Coming of Age" in Mississippi by Anne Moody.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, £ 24.95
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This paper will discuss the way that racism played a role in how black southerners related in "Coming of Age in Mississippi" by Anne Moody. By analyzing the text, we can see how this historian relates the facts behind this racial tension.
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The Mississippi Murders, 2005.
This paper describes the murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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The paper examines the murder of the three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964 and describes the efforts to bring the guilty parties to justice. The paper explains, however, that justice was only carried out in 2005. The paper includes a chronology of events before and after the murders.
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"Murder in Mississippi: The Origins of Mississippi Burning as described by Douglas O Linder: It was an old-fashioned lynching carried out with the help of county officials that came to symbolize hardcore resistance to integration. Linder is referring to the murder of three civil rights workers; Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney in June, near Philadelphia, Mississippi."
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