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Author Sandlin, Lee.

Title Wicked river [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] the Mississippi when it last ran wild / Lee Sandlin.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Pantheon Books, [2010]
©2010
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Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1479122~S1
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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 270 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-255) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
Subject Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century.
Mississippi River -- Geography.
Mississippi River -- Environmental conditions.
River life -- Mississippi River Region -- History -- 19th century.
Community life -- Mississippi River Region -- History -- 19th century.
Genre Electronic books.
Added Title Mississippi when it last ran wild
Other Form: Print version: Sandlin, Lee. Wicked river. 1st ed. New York : Pantheon Books, c2010 9780307378514 (DLC) 2010008511 (OCoLC)669825802
ISBN 9780307379511 (electronic bk.)
0307379515 (electronic bk.)
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