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Dreaming the Mississippi [[electronic resource] /] / Katherine Fischer
| Dreaming the Mississippi [[electronic resource] /] / Katherine Fischer |
| Autore | Fischer Katherine <1951-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Disciplina | 977 |
| Soggetto topico | River life - Mississippi River |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8262-6547-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451926403321 |
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Dreaming the Mississippi [[electronic resource] /] / Katherine Fischer
| Dreaming the Mississippi [[electronic resource] /] / Katherine Fischer |
| Autore | Fischer Katherine <1951-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Disciplina | 977 |
| Soggetto topico | River life - Mississippi River |
| ISBN | 0-8262-6547-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778293803321 |
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Dreaming the Mississippi / / Katherine Fischer
| Dreaming the Mississippi / / Katherine Fischer |
| Autore | Fischer Katherine <1951-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Disciplina | 977 |
| Soggetto topico | River life - Mississippi River |
| ISBN | 0-8262-6547-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808438103321 |
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| Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2006 | ||
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Grand excursions on the upper Mississippi River [[electronic resource] ] : places, landscapes, and regional identity after 1854 / / edited by Curtis C. Roseman and Elizabeth M. Roseman
| Grand excursions on the upper Mississippi River [[electronic resource] ] : places, landscapes, and regional identity after 1854 / / edited by Curtis C. Roseman and Elizabeth M. Roseman |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, [2004] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
| Disciplina | 977/.02 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RosemanCurtis C
RosemanElizabeth M <1948-> (Elizabeth Mercer) |
| Collana | A bur oak book |
| Soggetto topico |
Landscapes - Mississippi River Valley - History
Regionalism - Mississippi River Valley - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-58729-485-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Upper Mississippi and the Grand Excursion by Curtis C. Roseman, Dick Stahl,and Elizabeth M. Roseman; Building a Mighty Fine Line: The Chicago and Rock Island Railroad by Roald D. Tweet; The Grand Excursion of 1854 by William J. Petersen; The East Looks at the West by Susan R. Brooker-Gross; Steaming up the River by Edwin L. Hill; The Picturesque Mississippi by Patrick Nunnally; Towns to Visit: Sights (Sites) to See by John A. Jakle; Where Nature Smiles Three Hundred Miles: Rail Travel along he River by Jeff Crump
Highway to Empire: Remaking the River by John O. AnfinsonPreservation and Management of the River's Natural Resources by Gary C. Meyer; A River of Logs by Gayle Rein; Fishing the Father of Waters by Malcolm L. Comeaux; Renewals and Reinventions: River Towns on the Upper Mississippi by Norman Moline and Charles Mahaffey; Notes; Bibliography; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451844103321 |
| Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, [2004] | ||
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Grand excursions on the upper Mississippi River [[electronic resource] ] : places, landscapes, and regional identity after 1854 / / edited by Curtis C. Roseman and Elizabeth M. Roseman
| Grand excursions on the upper Mississippi River [[electronic resource] ] : places, landscapes, and regional identity after 1854 / / edited by Curtis C. Roseman and Elizabeth M. Roseman |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, [2004] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
| Disciplina | 977/.02 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RosemanCurtis C
RosemanElizabeth M <1948-> (Elizabeth Mercer) |
| Collana | A bur oak book |
| Soggetto topico |
Landscapes - Mississippi River Valley - History
Regionalism - Mississippi River Valley - History |
| ISBN | 1-58729-485-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Upper Mississippi and the Grand Excursion by Curtis C. Roseman, Dick Stahl,and Elizabeth M. Roseman; Building a Mighty Fine Line: The Chicago and Rock Island Railroad by Roald D. Tweet; The Grand Excursion of 1854 by William J. Petersen; The East Looks at the West by Susan R. Brooker-Gross; Steaming up the River by Edwin L. Hill; The Picturesque Mississippi by Patrick Nunnally; Towns to Visit: Sights (Sites) to See by John A. Jakle; Where Nature Smiles Three Hundred Miles: Rail Travel along he River by Jeff Crump
Highway to Empire: Remaking the River by John O. AnfinsonPreservation and Management of the River's Natural Resources by Gary C. Meyer; A River of Logs by Gayle Rein; Fishing the Father of Waters by Malcolm L. Comeaux; Renewals and Reinventions: River Towns on the Upper Mississippi by Norman Moline and Charles Mahaffey; Notes; Bibliography; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777554403321 |
| Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, [2004] | ||
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Grand excursions on the upper Mississippi River : places, landscapes, and regional identity after 1854 / / edited by Curtis C. Roseman and Elizabeth M. Roseman
| Grand excursions on the upper Mississippi River : places, landscapes, and regional identity after 1854 / / edited by Curtis C. Roseman and Elizabeth M. Roseman |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, [2004] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
| Disciplina | 977/.02 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RosemanCurtis C
RosemanElizabeth M <1948-> (Elizabeth Mercer) |
| Collana | A bur oak book |
| Soggetto topico |
Landscapes - Mississippi River Valley - History
Regionalism - Mississippi River Valley - History |
| ISBN | 1-58729-485-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Upper Mississippi and the Grand Excursion by Curtis C. Roseman, Dick Stahl,and Elizabeth M. Roseman; Building a Mighty Fine Line: The Chicago and Rock Island Railroad by Roald D. Tweet; The Grand Excursion of 1854 by William J. Petersen; The East Looks at the West by Susan R. Brooker-Gross; Steaming up the River by Edwin L. Hill; The Picturesque Mississippi by Patrick Nunnally; Towns to Visit: Sights (Sites) to See by John A. Jakle; Where Nature Smiles Three Hundred Miles: Rail Travel along he River by Jeff Crump
Highway to Empire: Remaking the River by John O. AnfinsonPreservation and Management of the River's Natural Resources by Gary C. Meyer; A River of Logs by Gayle Rein; Fishing the Father of Waters by Malcolm L. Comeaux; Renewals and Reinventions: River Towns on the Upper Mississippi by Norman Moline and Charles Mahaffey; Notes; Bibliography; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819317103321 |
| Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, [2004] | ||
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Life on the Mississippi / / by Mark Twain
| Life on the Mississippi / / by Mark Twain |
| Autore | Twain Mark <1835-1910.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Scituate, Mass., : Digital Scanning, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (550 p.) |
| Soggetto topico | Rivers - Mississippi River Valley |
| ISBN |
1-58218-262-0
1-58218-264-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI -- THE "BODY OF THE NATION -- CONTENTS. -- CHAPTER I. -- The Mississippi is Well worth Reading about. -- It is Remarkable. -- Instead of Widening towards its Mouth, it grows Narrower. -- It Empties four hundred and six million Tons of Mud. -- It was First Seen in 1542. -- It is Older than some Pages in European History. -- De Soto has the Pull. -- Older than the Atlantic Coast. -- Some Half-breeds chip in. -- La Salle Thinks he will Take a Hand -- CHAPTER II. -- La Salle again Appears, and so does a Cat-fish. -- Buffaloes also. -- Some Indian Paintings are Seen on the Rocks. -- "The Father of Water" does not Flow into the Pacific. -- Not Early English. -- Natchez, or the Site of it, is Approached. -- CHAPTER III. -- A little History. -- Early Commerce. -- Coal Fleets and Timber Rafts -- We start on a Voyage. -- I seek Information. -- Some Music. -- The Trouble begins. -- Tall Talk. -- The Child of Calamity. -- Ground and lofty Tumbling. -- The Wash-up. -- Business and Statistics. -- Mysterious Band. -- Thunder and Lightening. -- The Captain speaks. -- Allbright weep. -- The Mystery settled. -- Chaff. -- I am Discovered. -- Some Artwork proposed. -- I give an Account of Myself. -- Released. -- CHAPTER IV. -- The Boys' Ambition. -- Village Scenes. -- Steamboat Pictures. -- A Heavy Swell. -- A Runaway. -- CHAPTER V. -- A Traveller. -- A Lively Talker. -- A Wild-cat Victim. -- CHAPTER VI. -- Besieging the Pilot. -- Taken along. -- Spoiling a Nap. -- Fishing for a Plantation. -- "Points" on the River. -- A Gorgeous Pilot-house -- CHAPTER VII. -- River Inspectors. -- Cottonwoods and Plum Point. -- Hat-Island Crossing. -- Touch and Go. -- It is a Go. -- A Lightning Pilot. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- A Heavy-loaded Big Gun. -- Sharp Sights in Darkness. -- Abandoned to his Fate. -- Scraping the Banks. -- Learn him or Kill him.
CHAPTER IX. -- Shake the Reef. -- Reason Dethroned. -- The Face of the Water. -- A Bewitching Scene. -- Romance and Beauty. -- CHAPTER X. -- Putting on Airs. -- Taken down a bit. -- Learn it as it is. -- The River Rising -- CHAPTER XI. -- In the Tract Business. -- Effects of the Rise. -- Plantations gone. -- A Measureless Sea. -- A Somnambulist Pilot. -- Supernatural Piloting -- Nobody there. -- All Saved. -- CHAPTER XII. -- Low Water. -- Yawl sounding. -- Buoys and Lanterns. -- Cubs and Soundings. -- The Boat Sunk. -- Seeking the Wrecked -- CHAPTER XIII. -- A Pilot's Memory. -- Wages soaring. -- A Universal Grasp. -- Skill and Nerve. -- Testing a "Cub." -- "Back her for Life." -- A Good Lesson -- CHAPTER XIV. -- Pilots and Captains. -- High-priced Pilots. -- Pilots in Demand. -- A Whistler. -- A cheap Trade. -- Two-hundred-and-fifty-dollar Speed. -- CHAPTER XV. -- New Pilots undermining the Pilots' Association. -- Crutches and Wages. -- Putting on Airs. -- The Captains Weaken. -- The Association Laughs. -- The Secret Sign. -- An Admirable System -- Rough on Outsiders. -- A Tight Monopoly. -- No Loophole -- The Railroads and the War. -- CHAPTER XVI. -- All Aboard. -- A Glorious Start. -- Loaded to Win. -- Bands and Bugles. -- Boats and Boats. -- Racers and Racing. -- CHAPTER XVII. -- Cut-offs. -- Ditching and Shooting. -- Mississippi Changes. -- A Wild Night. -- Swearing and Guessing. -- Stephen in Debt. -- He Confuses his Creditors. -- He makes a New Deal. -- Will Pay them Alphabetically -- CHAPTER XVIII. -- Sharp Schooling. -- Shadows. -- I am Inspected. -- Where did you get them Shoes? -- Poll her Down. -- I want to kill Brown. -- I try to run her. -- I am Complimented. -- CHAPTER XIX. -- A Question of Veracity. -- A Little Unpleasantness. -- I have an Audience with the Captain. -- Mr. Brown Retires. -- CHAPTER XX. -- I become a Passenger. We hear the News. -- A Thunderous Crash. -- They Stand to their Posts. -- In the Blazing Sun. -- A Grewsome Spectacle. -- His Hour has Struck. -- CHAPTER XXI. -- I get my License. -- The War Begins. -- I become a Jack-of-all-trades. -- CHAPTER XXII. -- I try the Alias Business. -- Region of Goatees. -- Boots begin to Appear. -- The River Man is Missing. -- The Young Man is Discouraged. -- Specimen Water. -- A Fine Quality of Smoke. -- A Supreme Mistake. -- We Inspect the Town. -- Desolation Way-traffic -- A Wood-yard. -- CHAPTER XXIII. -- Old French Settlements. -- We start for Memphis. -- Young Ladies and Russia-leather Bags. -- CHAPTER XXIV. -- I receive some Information. -- Alligator Boats. -- Alligator Talk. -- She was a Rattler to go. -- I am Found Out. -- CHAPTER XXV. -- The Devil's Oven and Table. -- A Bombshell falls. -- No White-wash. -- Thirty Years on the River. -- Mississippi Uniforms. -- Accidents and Casualties. -- Two Hundred Wrecks. -- A Loss to Literature. -- Sunday-Schools and Brick Masons -- CHAPTER XXVI. -- War Talk. -- I Tilt over Backwards. -- Fifteen Shot-holes. -- A Plain Story. -- Wars and Feuds. -- Darnell versus Watson. -- A Gang and a Woodpile. -- Western Grammar. -- River Changes. -- New Madrid. -- Floods and Falls -- CHAPTER XXVII. -- Tourists and their Note-books. -- Captain Hall. -- Mrs. Trollope's Emotions. -- Hon. Charles Augustus Murray's Sentiment. -- Captain Marryat's Sensations. -- Alexander Mackay's Feelings. -- Mr. Parkman Reports. -- CHAPTER XXVIII. -- Swinging down the River. -- Named for Me. -- Plum Point again. -- Lights and Snag Boats. -- Infinite Changes. -- A Lawless River. -- What the Government does. -- The Commission Men and Theories. -- "Had them Bad." -- Jews and Prices. -- CHAPTER XXIX. -- Murel's Gang. -- A Consummate Villain. -- Getting Rid of Witnesses. -- Stewart turns Traitor. I Start a Rebellion. -- I get a New Suit of Clothes. -- We Corer our Tracks. -- Pluck and Capacity. -- A Good Samaritan City. -- The Old and the New. -- CHAPTER XXX. -- A Melancholy Picture. -- On the Move. -- River Gossip. -- She Went by a-Sparklin'. -- Amenities of Life. -- A World of Mis-information -- Eloquence of Silence. -- Striking a Snag. -- Photographically Exact. -- Plank Side-walks. -- CHAPTER XXXI. -- Mutinous Language. -- The Dead-house. -- Cast-iron German and Flexible English. -- I get Myself Free. -- I Begin my Search. -- The Man with one Thumb. -- Red Paint and White Paper. -- He Dropped on his Knees -- Fright and Gratitude. -- I Fled through the Woods. -- A Grisly Spectacle. -- Shout, Man, Shout. -- A look of Surprise and Triumph. -- The Muffled Gurgle of a Mocking Laugh. -- How strangely Things happen. -- The Hidden Money. -- CHAPTER XXXII. -- Ritter's Narrative. -- A Question of Money. -- Napoleon. -- Somebody is Serious -- Where the Prettiest Girl used to Live. -- CHAPTER XXXIII. -- A Question of Division. -- A Place where there was no License. -- The Calhoun Land Company. -- A Cotton-planter's Estimate. -- Halifax and Watermelons. -- Jewelled-up Bar-keepers -- CHAPTER XXXIV. -- An Austere Man. -- A Mosquito Policy. -- Facts dressed in Tights. -- A swelled Left Ear. -- CHAPTER XXXV. -- Signs and Scars. -- Cannon-thunder Rages. -- Cave-dwellers. -- A Continual Sunday. -- A ton of Iron and no Glass. -- The Ardent is Saved. -- Mule Meat. -- A National Cemetery. -- A Dog and a Shell. -- Railroads and Wealth. -- Wharfage Economy. -- Vicksburg versus The "Gold Dust." -- A Narrative in Anticipation. -- CHAPTER XXXVI. -- The Professor Spins a Yarn. -- An Enthusiast in Cattle. -- He makes a Proposition. -- Loading Beeves at Acapulco. -- He wasn't Raised to it. -- He is Roped In. -- His Dull Eyes Lit Up. -- Four Aces, you Ass!. He doesn't care for the Gores -- CHAPTER XXXVII. -- A Terrible Disaster. -- The "Gold Dust" explodes her Boilers. -- The End of a Good Man -- CHAPTER XXXVIII. -- Mr. Dickens has a Word. -- Best Dwellings and their Furniture. -- Albums and Music. -- Pantalets and Conch-shells. -- Sugarcandy Rabbits and Photographs -- Horse-hair Sofas and Snuffers -- Rag Carpets and Bridal Chambers -- CHAPTER XXXIX. -- Rowdies and Beauty. -- Ice as Jewelry. -- Ice Manufacture. -- More Statistics. -- Some Drummers. -- Oleomargarine versus Butter. -- Olive Oil versus Cotton Seed. -- The Answer was not Caught -- A Terrific Episode. -- A Sulphurous Canopy. -- The Demon of Var. -- The Terrible Gauntlet. -- CHAPTER XL. -- In Flowers, like a Bride. -- A White-washed Castle. -- A Southern Prospectus. -- Pretty Pictures. -- An Alligator's Meal -- CHAPTER XLI. -- The Approaches to New Orleans. -- A Stirring Street. -- Sanitary Improvements -- Journalistic Achievements. -- Cisterns and Wells. -- CHAPTER XLII. -- Beautiful Graveyards. -- Chameleons and Panaceas. -- Inhumation and Infection. -- Mortality and Epidemics. -- The Cost of Funerals -- CHAPTER XLIII. -- I Meet an Acquaintance. -- Coffins and Swell Houses. -- Mrs. O'Flaherty goes One Better. -- Epidemics and Embamming. -- Six hundred for a Good Case. -- Joyful High Spirits. -- CHAPTER XLIV. -- French and Spanish Parts of the City. -- Mr. Cable and the Ancient Quarter. -- Cabbages and Bouquets. -- Cows and Children. -- The Shell Road. -- The West End. -- A Good Square Meal. -- The Pompano. -- The Broom-Brigade. -- Historical Painting. -- Southern Speech. -- Lagniappe. -- CHAPTER XLV. -- "Waw" Talk. -- Cock-Fighting. -- Too Much to Bear. -- Fine Writing. -- Mule Racing -- CHAPTER XLVI. -- Mardi-Gras. -- The Mystic Crewe. -- Rex and Relics. -- Sir Walter Scott. -- A World Set Back. -- Titles and Decorations. -- A Change. 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Twain Mark <1835-1910.>
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Mississippi odyssey / / Chris Markham
| Mississippi odyssey / / Chris Markham |
| Autore | Markham Chris |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Open Road Distribution, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (89 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN | 1-5040-3813-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910164915703321 |
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Markham Chris
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| New York : , : Open Road Distribution, , 2016 | ||
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Mostly Mississippi [[electronic resource] ] : a very damp adventure / / Harold Speakman ; with a number of drawings by Russell Lindsay Speakman and the author
| Mostly Mississippi [[electronic resource] ] : a very damp adventure / / Harold Speakman ; with a number of drawings by Russell Lindsay Speakman and the author |
| Autore | Speakman Harold <1888-1928.> |
| Edizione | [1st University of Minnesota Press ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (404 p.) |
| Disciplina | 917.704 |
| Collana | Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series |
| Soggetto topico | Canoes and canoeing - Mississippi River |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8166-9650-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; CHAPTER I: DUCKS & PERSONAE; CHAPTER II: THE YOUNG RIVER; CHAPTER III: THE THICKET; CHAPTER IV: LADY INTO CATFISH; CHAPTER V: SSS-BANG!; CHAPTER VI: SOME WHO STRAY; CHAPTER VII: GOOD-BY CANOE; CHAPTER VIII: SHANTYBOAT; CHAPTER IX: OFF; CHAPTER X: A WRECK OR TWO; CHAPTER XI: ""YOU'LL TIE UP-""; CHAPTER XII: SLOUGH, BIRD, MODEL; CHAPTER XIII: CITIES; CHAPTER XIV: MORMONS; CHAPTER XV: BECKY AND IGNITION; CHAPTER XVI: THE SMOKY SAINT; CHAPTER XVII: LAND OF EGYPT; CHAPTER XVIII: HERE'S DIXIE; CHAPTER XIX: ALONG THE LEVEES; CHAPTER XX: COLOR OF THE SOUTH; CHAPTER XXI: BUGLE ECHO
CHAPTER XXII: MEMORY LANECHAPTER XXIII: HOBO JUNGLE; CHAPTER XXIV: DRIFT; CHAPTER XXV: THE TIDE; CHAPTER XXVI: THE BAYOUS; CHAPTER XXVII: THE JOYOUS CITY |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454250203321 |
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Speakman Harold <1888-1928.>
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| Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2004 | ||
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Mostly Mississippi [[electronic resource] ] : a very damp adventure / / Harold Speakman ; with a number of drawings by Russell Lindsay Speakman and the author
| Mostly Mississippi [[electronic resource] ] : a very damp adventure / / Harold Speakman ; with a number of drawings by Russell Lindsay Speakman and the author |
| Autore | Speakman Harold <1888-1928.> |
| Edizione | [1st University of Minnesota Press ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (404 p.) |
| Disciplina | 917.704 |
| Collana | Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series |
| Soggetto topico | Canoes and canoeing - Mississippi River |
| ISBN | 0-8166-9650-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; CHAPTER I: DUCKS & PERSONAE; CHAPTER II: THE YOUNG RIVER; CHAPTER III: THE THICKET; CHAPTER IV: LADY INTO CATFISH; CHAPTER V: SSS-BANG!; CHAPTER VI: SOME WHO STRAY; CHAPTER VII: GOOD-BY CANOE; CHAPTER VIII: SHANTYBOAT; CHAPTER IX: OFF; CHAPTER X: A WRECK OR TWO; CHAPTER XI: ""YOU'LL TIE UP-""; CHAPTER XII: SLOUGH, BIRD, MODEL; CHAPTER XIII: CITIES; CHAPTER XIV: MORMONS; CHAPTER XV: BECKY AND IGNITION; CHAPTER XVI: THE SMOKY SAINT; CHAPTER XVII: LAND OF EGYPT; CHAPTER XVIII: HERE'S DIXIE; CHAPTER XIX: ALONG THE LEVEES; CHAPTER XX: COLOR OF THE SOUTH; CHAPTER XXI: BUGLE ECHO
CHAPTER XXII: MEMORY LANECHAPTER XXIII: HOBO JUNGLE; CHAPTER XXIV: DRIFT; CHAPTER XXV: THE TIDE; CHAPTER XXVI: THE BAYOUS; CHAPTER XXVII: THE JOYOUS CITY |
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Speakman Harold <1888-1928.>
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| Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2004 | ||
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