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Draining the Swamp, Southern Style - North Carolina and Florida Wetlands and the Wright Report Scandal, 1896-1926 (Paperback)
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Draining the Swamp, Southern Style - North Carolina and Florida Wetlands and the Wright Report Scandal, 1896-1926 (Paperback)
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In 1912, a Congressional committee met to investigate allegations
that the Secretary of Agriculture had suppressed a report by J. O.
Wright on drainage in the Florida Everglades. The following seven
months of committee hearings uncovered a veritable horror-show of
corruption, self-dealing, misuse of government personnel and
property for private gain, the tarring of reputations in order to
protect high-level officials, and outright blackmail within the
Department of Agriculture and the state governments of Florida and
North Carolina. The "Wright Report Incident" is most commonly
understood in its connection to the Everglades, and few histories
have included its effects on the North Carolina Pocosin wetland and
other coastal plain swamps. This book seeks fills that gap. It
details the timeline, intricate politics, and webs of corruption
that make up the story of the Wright Incident and, specifically,
its connection to land management practices in coastal North
Carolina that continue to impact the industries of the state almost
100 years later.
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