Wicked river [electronic resource] : the Mississippi when it last ran wild / Lee Sandlin.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307379511 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0307379515 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxviii, 270 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill., maps.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, c2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-255) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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