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1. Why did the author start the book on a stormy night?
The author may have stared the novel on a stormy night to set the tone of the historical events to follow. The novel takes place during an extremely rainy season, making the weather a crucial part of the novel.
2. The author wrote that during the 1800's "the prevailing attitude is that the Mississippi River can be controlled if the laws of nature governing the river were understood." What could John M. Barry mean by this?
The author could have meant that people don't understand why the river runs the way it does and if they understood how nature affects the river, they would understand the behavior of the river.
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