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Título:
Wicked river : the Mississippi when it last ran wild / Lee Sandlin.
ISBN:
9780307378514
Autor personal:
Sandlin, Lee
Edición:
First edition.
Información de publicación:
New York : Pantheon Books, [2010]

©2010
Descripción física:
xxviii, 270 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contenido:
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.
Síntesis:
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.
Término geográfico:
Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century.

Ȟaȟa Wakpá.

Wakpá Tháŋka

Mississippi River -- Geography.

Mississippi River -- Environmental conditions.

Mississippi River Region -- History -- 19th century.

Mississippi River Region -- Biography.

Mississippi River Region -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
DAK_SUBJECT_TERM_DISPLAY:
River life--Mississippi River Region -- History 19th century.

Community life--Mississippi River Region -- History 19th century.

Social change--Mississippi River Region -- History 19th century.

Disasters--Mississippi River Region -- History 19th century.
DAK_521_LEXILE:
1150L Lexile
DAK_OCLC_NUMBER:
ocn669825802
Disponibilidad:
Lakeville - Heritage~1

Apple Valley - Galaxie~1

Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
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