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Author Sandlin, Lee.

Title Wicked river : the Mississippi when it last ran wild / Lee Sandlin.

Publication Info. New York : Pantheon Books, [2010]
©2010

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 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  977 SANDLIN    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  977 SAN    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  977 SA    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xxviii, 270 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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.
Mississippi River Region -- History -- 19th century.
Mississippi River Region -- Biography.
Mississippi River Region -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Social change -- Mississippi River Region -- History -- 19th century.
Added Title Mississippi when it last ran wild
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