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Wicked River: The Mississippi When It Last Ran Wild
Contributor(s): Sandlin, Lee (Author)
ISBN: 0307473570     ISBN-13: 9780307473578
Publisher: Vintage
OUR PRICE:   $16.16  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2011
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - 19th Century
- History | Historical Geography
- History | Maritime History & Piracy
Dewey: 977
Lexile Measure: 1150
Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.27" W x 8.03" (0.76 lbs) 368 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Cultural Region - Mississippi River Basin
 
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Publisher Description:

A riveting narrative look at one of the most colorful, dangerous, and peculiar places in America's historical landscape: the strange, wonderful, and mysterious Mississippi River of the 19th century.

Beginning in the early 1800s and climaxing with the siege of Vicksburg in 1863, Wicked River brings to life a place where river pirates brushed elbows with future presidents and religious visionaries shared passage with thieves. Here is a minute-by-minute account of Natchez being flattened by a tornado; the St. Louis harbor being crushed by a massive ice floe; hidden, nefarious celebrations of Mardi Gras; and the sinking of the Sultana, the worst naval disaster in American history. Here, too, is the Mississippi itself: gorgeous, perilous, and unpredictable. Masterfully told, Wicked River is an exuberant work of Americana that portrays a forgotten society on the edge of revolutionary change.