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Downbound is the story of a boy growing up in the small town of Sevierville, Tennessee. John B. Waters rites of his love of the river & his family. He tell of his school days, practicing law & his service in the U.S. Navy. The narrative includes political stories surrounding his service as Federal Co Chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission & Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority. An interesting chapter is the story of the flatboat, the Smoky Mountain Queen & its trip from Sevierville to New Orleans in 1976.Waters, John B., Jr. is the author of 'Downbound From Jaybird on the Little Pigeon River to Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority Memoirs' with ISBN 9780970092601 and ISBN 0970092601.
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