Draining the Swamp, Southern Style: North Carolina and Florida Wetlands and the Wright Report Scandal, 1896-1926

by Bruce D Epperson

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476684642
• ISBN13: 9781476684642
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up