Wicked River : : the Mississippi When it Last ran Wild
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Prologue -- pt. 1. The river rising -- Gone on the river -- Old Devil River -- The comet's tail -- Like bubbles on a sea -- pt. 2. "Do you live on the river?" -- The desire of an ignorant Westerner -- Bloody island -- The roar of Niagara -- The cosmopolitan tide -- A pile of shavings -- The coasts of dark destruction -- pt. 3. The course of empire -- The mound builders -- A young man of splendid abilities -- The oracles -- pt. 4. Behemoth -- The sky parlor -- The alligator -- pt. 5. The good and the thoughtless -- The last of the floating life -- Epilogue.
A chronicle of the Mississippi River in the first half of the nineteenth century--before it was tamed by commerce and technology--draws on first-hand accounts to describe life along the river, natural and man-made disasters, acts of piracy, and cultural celebrations.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Pantheon Books, c2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: xxviii, 270 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780307378514
0307378519
SUBJECTS
River life -- Mississippi River Region -- History -- 19th century.
Community life -- Mississippi River Region -- History -- 19th century.
Social change -- Mississippi River Region -- History -- 19th century.
Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century.
Mississippi River -- Geography.
Mississippi River -- Environmental conditions.
Mississippi River Region -- History -- 19th century.
Mississippi River Region -- Biography.
Mississippi River Region -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.