Old Man River: the Mississippi River in North American history
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Published:
[Place of publication not identified] : Henry Holt & Co, 2013., New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2013.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
xiii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780805091366 (HRD), 080509136X (HRD), 9780805091366 : HRD, 080509136X : HRD, 9780805091366, 080509136X, 9780805091366, 080509136X, 9780805091366, 080509136X, 9780805091366, 080509136X, 9780805091366, 080509136X, 9781250053107, 9780805091366, 080509136X, 9780805091366, 080509136X, 9780805091366, 080509136X
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General Note
"A John Macrae book."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [353]-379) and index.
Description
Traces the history of the Mississippi from its origins in the deep geologic past to the present to tell the story of the river at the center of America's rich history and the site of historical and literary significance.
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Schneider, P. (2013). Old Man River: the Mississippi River in North American history. First edition. Henry Holt & Co.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Schneider, Paul. 2013. Old Man River: The Mississippi River in North American History. Henry Holt & Co.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Schneider, Paul, Old Man River: The Mississippi River in North American History. Henry Holt & Co, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Schneider, Paul. Old Man River: The Mississippi River in North American History. First edition. Henry Holt & Co, 2013.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue -- Prelude: The American watershed -- Book one. River of giants : continents collide, glaciers recede, mastodons bellow and humans arrive -- Ice on the rocks -- The Missouri leviathan -- Broken arrows -- Mammoth season -- Book two. River of mounds -- The rise and fall, and rise and fall, and rise of Native America -- Among the effigies -- Poverty point -- 35,000 pearls -- Among the Mississippians -- The great serpent -- Book three. River of fortune -- The Spanish exit, the French arrive, the Iroquois take action -- Bonjour Great Khan -- In the Iroquois longhouse -- The American bottom -- The Illinois Country -- Adrift -- The incomparable La Salle -- Nous sommes tous sauvages -- The wrath -- If the river don't rise -- Book four. River of empires -- The English enter, the French exit, the Iroquois negotiate, and the Americans take over -- The scramble for the Forks -- The half king -- Adieu New France -- The American watershed -- Allegheny mornings -- Book six. Life on the Mississippi -- Flatboatsand keelboats, steamboats and showboats, slave boats and warships -- Down a lazy river -- I long to see you -- Up the wicked river -- All aboard -- Down below -- Blood on the tracks -- Anaconda -- Down in flames -- Book seven. On the lake of the engineers -- The mouth -- All the lists of Clay -- Old Man River. | |
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