Summary of John M. Barry's Rising Tide

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

#1 The Mississippi River is the largest river in the United States, and it flows through the heart of the country. It was the perfect task for the nineteenth century, as it required more than just confidence; it required hubris.

#2 Eads was not treated kindly in life, but he did not accept reverses. He learned first-hand the differences between honest dealing and sharp practice, and how a piece of information could make a man a fortune if he had the sophistication to understand it and the guts to risk it all for it.

#3 Eads had a passion for machinery and math. He built a six-foot-long working model of a steamboat complete with engines and boilers, a working model of a sawmill, and a working electrotype machine. He was 16 years old.

#4 Eads was a young man who had an idea to salvage sunken cargo ships. He walked into the St. Louis offices of boatbuilders Calvin Case and William Nelson, and asked them to build a ship and several diving bells for him, for free. In payment, he would make them partners in the salvage business.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669383796

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Insights on John M. Barry's Rising Tide

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 25

Insights from Chapter 26

Insights from Chapter 27

Insights from Chapter 28

Insights from Chapter 29

Insights from Chapter 30

Insights from Chapter 31

Insights from Chapter 32

Insights from Chapter 33

Insights from Chapter 34

Insights from Chapter 35

Insights from Chapter 36

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Mississippi River is the largest river in the United States, and it flows through the heart of the country. It was the perfect task for the nineteenth century, as it required more than just confidence; it required hubris.

#2

Eads was not treated kindly in life, but he did not accept reverses. He learned first-hand the differences between honest dealing and sharp practice, and how a piece of information could make a man a fortune if he had the sophistication to understand it and the guts to risk it all for it.

#3

Eads had a passion for machinery and math. He built a six-foot-long working model of a steamboat complete with engines and boilers, a working model of a sawmill, and a working electrotype machine. He was 16 years old.

#4

Eads was a young man who had an idea to salvage sunken cargo ships. He walked into the St. Louis offices of boatbuilders Calvin Case and William Nelson, and asked them to build a ship and several diving bells for him, for free. In payment, he would make them partners in the salvage business.

#5

Eads was a diver who salvaged ships and walked the bottom of the Mississippi River. He knew the river and its currents better than any other person. He was beginning to formulate theories about the river and its forces.

#6

Eads was a man of substance who had made a fortune on the river. He had married his widowed cousin, and they had no children together. He had become a founding director of the St. Louis Philharmonic Society. He was active in the St. Louis Merchants Exchange.

#7

Eads was a powerful man in Missouri, and he and a handful of others, including Edward Bates, Francis Preston Blair, Benjamin Gratz Brown, and James Rollins, met regularly to plot strategies to keep Missouri in the Union.

#8

Eads was extremely successful during the war, and his reputation grew. But the war also created opportunity for another man, who would later fight Eads for control of the Mississippi River.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Humphreys was born in 1810, the only child of a Philadelphia family of means and position. He entered West Point in 1829, and while he thrived there, life after graduation was a disappointment. He sought action, but found none in Army routine.

#2

Washington was a place of high-ranking titles and little accomplishment. The less he accomplished, the more important his titles became. He had twice had the opportunity to fight a war, against the Seminoles and in Mexico, but he had returned home ill both times.

#3

The Mississippi River was a huge problem for the states in the Mississippi valley. The states wanted the federal government to address