Damon MandersDamon Manders is a consulting historian who has written about the US Army Corps of Engineers and engineering on the Mississippi River for more than 30 years. He is the author of The Cutoff Plan: How a Bold Engineering Plan Broke with US Army Corps ofEngineers Policy and Saved the Mississippi Valley; Engineers Far From Ordinary: The US Army Corps of Engineers in St. Louis with Brian Rentfro; and numerous other books, manuscripts, and articles about the US Army Corps of Engineers. Read More Read Less