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Author : Front Porch Favorites Staff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780848817060
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Mississippi River Tales written by Front Porch Favorites Staff and published by . This book was released on 1996-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James A. Crutchfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781888608342
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Mississippi River Tales written by James A. Crutchfield and published by . This book was released on 1971-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, James A. Crutchfield's thirty-first book, the award-winning historian takes to task the intriguing epic of the Mississippi River. From the stream's humble beginnings as a ten-foot wide freshet running out of tiny Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its monumental rendezvous with the Gulf of Mexico at New Orleans, the mighty Mississippi is arguably the single-most recognized geographical feature in North America. Separating East from West, the "Father of Waters" touches parts of ten states on its 2,400 mile journey to the sea. In the first of a series of "American Rivers" books, Crutchfield shares thirty vignettes that portray the rich and varied history of the Mississippi River. He takes the reader from Cahokia, Illinois, the site of North America's largest prehistoric city north of Mexico, to the late twentieth century saga of the Delta Queen. And, in between, he sheds interesting light on such topics as the founding of New Orleans and St. Louis, Frances Wright's Utopian colony near Memphis, Tennessee, the legendary race between the steamboats, Natchez and the Robert E. Lee, the great Sioux uprising in Minnesota, the fall of Kaskaskia during the American Revolution, and much, much more. Mississippi River Tales is a must for anyone interested in the rivers of America and the important role they played in the development and settlement of the United States.
Author : River Heritage Mural Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (622 download)
Download or read book Mississippi River Tales Mural written by River Heritage Mural Association and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kenny Salwey
Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1938486765
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Tales of a River Rat written by Kenny Salwey and published by Fulcrum Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Tales of a River Rat, famed storyteller and self-described hermit Kenny Salwey informs and entertains readers as he weaves his life story on the Mississippi River. Salwey knows the river ecosystem with an intimacy unavailable to most. Here he shares his love of and knowledge about the mighty river in an accessible manner sure to appeal to all ages.
Author : Jerry Hay
Publisher : Inland Waterways
ISBN 13 : 1467562505
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (675 download)
Download or read book Mississippi River written by Jerry Hay and published by Inland Waterways. This book was released on 2013 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the headwaters at Lake Itasca, Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River is rich in history and reveals many interesting stories and sites along its banks. This book is not for navigation. It is for those interested in learning about sites and history of the river, by following the maps that are accompanied by narratives in mile marker order. Though not for navigation, this book does provide a great supplement to charts and other navigational aids for boaters traveling the river. It is also great for those traveling along the river on the Great River Road ISBN 978-1-4675-6250-8 The entire 2,340 miles of the Mississippi River 122 Pages in full color. 30 detailed maps. 176 photographs. Tributaries and lakes are shown. Locks and Dams information. Islands mapped and described. All 87 bridges shown. Notations of interest on maps. Available to download to your device as an ebook
Author : Alan Brown
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1617031453
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Ghosts along the Mississippi River written by Alan Brown and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the nation's most compelling ghost stories owe their origin to “The Father of Waters.” Ghosts along the Mississippi River is the first book-length collection of ghost tales from the small towns and bustling cities that have grown up along its banks. The states represented in this book include Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. Unlike most collections of “true” ghost stories, Ghosts along the Mississippi River draws from the folk traditions of the northern and the southern United States. These tales are populated with Federal and Confederate soldiers, Native Americans, wealthy entrepreneurs, actors, college students, hotel owners, preachers, slaves, and planters. According to some paranormal investigators, the large number of ghost stories from the Mississippi's river towns, and from watery sites all over the world, are proof that large bodies of water are conductors of psychic energy. Granted, no concrete proof exists that there is a definite connection between the river and any actual ghosts or spiritual phenomena. What is indisputable, though, is the fact that the ghost stories included in Ghosts along the Mississippi River are an invaluable record of the values, dreams, fears, and lives of the people who have called the river home.
Author : Jim Fraiser
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781455608911
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Mississippi River Country Tales written by Jim Fraiser and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2000-11-30 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The people who live in towns and cities along the Mississippi River in the southern United States are a special breed, steeped in 500 years of history as rich as the coffee they drink, or the soil where once the river ran. Mississippi River Country Tales is a fast-paced, easy to read history that covers everything from the early conquistadors and the first Mardi Gras to Fannie Lou Hamer and Archie Manning, and covers the geographic region from Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, and Louisiana. The book has received hearty praise from reviewers across the South: "[Mississippi River Country Tales] contains an incredible cast of real-life characters that would defy any writer of fiction to create lest they be perceived as too unbelievable. The book can do nothing but add to Jim Fraiser's growing reputation as another young Mississippi writer who knows how to tell stories about the places and people he knows best." --Biloxi Sun-Herald
Author : Christine A. Klein
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479825387
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)
Download or read book Mississippi River Tragedies written by Christine A. Klein and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read a free excerpt here! American engineers have done astounding things to bend the Mississippi River to their will: forcing one of its tributaries to flow uphill, transforming over a thousand miles of roiling currents into a placid staircase of water, and wresting the lower half of the river apart from its floodplain. American law has aided and abetted these feats. But despite our best efforts, so-called “natural disasters” continue to strike the Mississippi basin, as raging floodwaters decimate waterfront communities and abandoned towns literally crumble into the Gulf of Mexico. In some places, only the tombstones remain, leaning at odd angles as the underlying soil erodes away. Mississippi River Tragedies reveals that it is seductively deceptive—but horribly misleading—to call such catastrophes “natural.” Authors Christine A. Klein and Sandra B. Zellmer present a sympathetic account of the human dreams, pride, and foibles that got us to this point, weaving together engaging historical narratives and accessible law stories drawn from actual courtroom dramas. The authors deftly uncover the larger story of how the law reflects and even amplifies our ambivalent attitude toward nature—simultaneously revering wild rivers and places for what they are, while working feverishly to change them into something else. Despite their sobering revelations, the authors’ final message is one of hope. Although the acknowledgement of human responsibility for unnatural disasters can lead to blame, guilt, and liability, it can also prod us to confront the consequences of our actions, leading to a liberating sense of possibility and to the knowledge necessary to avoid future disasters.
Author : Frank D. McSherry
Publisher : August House Pub Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780874830675
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Mississippi River Tales written by Frank D. McSherry and published by August House Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 1988 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven stories deal with steamboat races, travel, riverboat gamblers, thieves, and boatmen
Author : Benjamin Albert Botkin
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780517246054
Total Pages : 646 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (46 download)
Download or read book A Treasury of Mississippi River Folklore written by Benjamin Albert Botkin and published by Random House Value Publishing. This book was released on 1984 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of Mississippi River lore containing tales, anecdotes, descriptive passages, songs, and bits of history.
Author : Claire O'Neal
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1612283691
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (122 download)
Download or read book The Mississippi River written by Claire O'Neal and published by Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America’s Mighty Mississippi winds 2,340 miles (3,779 kilometers) from its headwaters in Minnesota down to its delta in New Orleans. Stretching to over a mile wide and over 45 feet deep as it dumps into the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi drains the rainwater from the Appalachians to the Rockies and everywhere in between, making it the third–largest river basin in the world. The Big Muddy’s silty waters leave behind rich and fertile soil that first fueled America’s westward expansion and today supplies the world. As American settlers conquered its waters, national centers of trade and culture, such as Minneapolis, St. Louis, Memphis, and New Orleans, flourished on the Mississippi’s banks. But today Old Man River threatens to remind us who’s in charge. Pollution and floods threaten the many millions who call the Mississippi River Basin home. Can we learn to live in harmony with America’s Father of Waters?
Author : Eddy Harris
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780805059038
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Mississippi Solo written by Eddy Harris and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1998-09-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of a young black man's quest: to canoe the length of the Mississippi River from Minnesota to New Orleans.
Author : Mary Sue Shy Anton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book New Madrid written by Mary Sue Shy Anton and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Madrid: A Mississippi River Town in History and Legend focuses on the hearts and minds of a restless population as it moved west into the Mississippi River Valley in the 1800s. The river-port town of New Madrid, Missouri, strategically located just below the junction of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, and destined to be the capital of "New Spain," was en route for thousands of early Americans. New Madrid's pioneers reveal their past and their stories through letters, newspapers, official records, and other sources. The author takes the reader through the town's history, recounting tales of legendary people whose lives crossed with those of area residents. Lively illustrations, photographs, and maps enhance the stories, a treasure for anyone whose ancestors experienced the westward movement, participated in the Civil War, were slave-owners, slaves, or American Indians, or for those who are curious about American life in earlier times.
Author : Paul Schneider
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 0805098364
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Old Man River written by Paul Schneider and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating account of how the Mississippi River shaped America In Old Man River, Paul Schneider tells the story of the river at the center of America's rich history—the Mississippi. Some fifteen thousand years ago, the majestic river provided Paleolithic humans with the routes by which early man began to explore the continent's interior. Since then, the river has been the site of historical significance, from the arrival of Spanish and French explorers in the 16th century to the Civil War. George Washington fought his first battle near the river, and Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman both came to President Lincoln's attention after their spectacular victories on the lower Mississippi. In the 19th century, home-grown folk heroes such as Daniel Boone and the half-alligator, half-horse, Mike Fink, were creatures of the river. Mark Twain and Herman Melville led their characters down its stream in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Confidence-Man. A conduit of real-life American prowess, the Mississippi is also a river of stories and myth. Schneider traces the history of the Mississippi from its origins in the deep geologic past to the present. Though the busiest waterway on the planet today, the Mississippi remains a paradox—a devastated product of American ingenuity, and a magnificent natural wonder.
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395273999
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (739 download)
Download or read book Minn of the Mississippi written by and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1951 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the adventures of Minn, a three-legged snapping turtle, as she slowly makes her way from her birthplace at the headwaters of the Mississippi River to the mouth of river on the Gulf of Mexico.
Author : Ray Samuel
Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Tales of the Mississippi written by Ray Samuel and published by Pelican Publishing Company. This book was released on 1955 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swift-moving, rollicking tales and scores of drawings and photographs paint a fascinating picture of Ol' Man River. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author : Kenny Salwey
Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 1616731699
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (167 download)
Download or read book The Old-Time River Rats written by Kenny Salwey and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2009-11-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colorful characters once populated the Upper Mississippi River Valley swamps and floodplain forests. These are the river rats, hill folk, and swamp dogs whose stories Kenny Salwey tells so well. Now long gone, these legendary denizens of the river bottoms come alive in Kenny’s signature brand of storytelling, rife with insight and laughter, woodslore and a time-tested philosophy of the natural world. With a foreword by regional historian Gary Schlosstein, this deep delving into the old-time community of the Mississippi River presents a rich picture of a life as fascinating as it is fast-disappearing in our fast-paced, high-tech world.
