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100 1  Stepenoff, Bonnie,|d1949-|eauthor. 
245 10 Working the Mississippi :|btwo centuries of life on the 
       river /|cBonnie Stepenoff. 
264  1 Columbia, Missouri :|bUniversity of Missouri Press,|c2015.
264  4 |c©2015 
300    1 online resource 
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504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Introduction -- St. Louis, Missouri -- Captains -- Ste. 
       Genevieve, Missouri -- Pilots -- Chester, Illinois -- 
       Mates, deckhands, and roustabouts -- Cape Girardeau, 
       Missouri -- Stewards, cooks, and maids -- Cairo, Illinois 
       -- Engineers -- New Madrid, Missouri -- Confidence men and
       gamblers -- Memphis, Tennessee -- Musicians and 
       entertainers -- Conclusion -- Appendix One. Glossary of 
       names -- Appendix Two. Glossary of boats. 
520    The Mississippi River occupies a sacred place in American 
       culture and mythology. Often called The Father of Rivers, 
       it winds through American life in equal measure as a 
       symbol and as a topographic feature. To the people who 
       know it best, the river is life and a livelihood. River 
       boatmen working the wide Mississippi are never far from 
       land. Even in the dark, they can smell plants and animals 
       and hear people on the banks and wharves. Bonnie Stepenoff
       takes readers on a cruise through history, showing how 
       workers from St. Louis to Memphis changed the river and 
       were in turn changed by it. Each chapter of this fast-
       moving narrative focuses on representative workers: 
       captains and pilots, gamblers and musicians, cooks and 
       craftsmen. Readers will find workers who are themselves 
       part of the country's mythology from Mark Twain and anti-
       slavery crusader William Wells Brown to musicians Fate 
       Marable and Louis Armstrong. 
546    English. 
588 0  Vendor-supplied metadata. 
648  7 1800-1999|2fast 
650  7 HISTORY|zUnited States|xState & Local|xGeneral.|2bisacsh 
650  7 HISTORY|zUnited States|xState & Local|xMidwest (IA, IL, IN,
       KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)|2bisacsh 
650  7 Travel.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01155558 
650  7 Regions & Countries|xAmericas.|2hilcc 
650  7 History & Archaeology.|2hilcc 
650  7 United States Local History.|2hilcc 
651  0 Mississippi River|xHistory|y19th century. 
651  0 Mississippi River|xHistory|y20th century. 
651  0 Mississippi River|xDescription and travel. 
651  7 Mississippi River.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01240238 
655  0 Electronic book. 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
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       |tWorking the Mississippi : Two Centuries of Life on the 
       River.|dColumbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2015
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