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245 10 a| Old Man River :b| the Mississippi River in North American history /c| Paul Schneider.;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Henry Holt and Company,c| 2013.;

300 a| xiii, 394 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| "A John Macrae book.";

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-379) and index.;

505 0 a| The American watershed -- River of giants : continents collide, glaciers recede, mastodons bellow, and humans arrive. Ice on the rocks ;The Missouri leviathan ; Bones and stones ; Broken arrows ; Mammoth season -- River of mounds : the rise and fall, and rise and fall, and rise of Native America. Among the effigies ; Poverty point ; 60,000 pearls ; The Mississippian moment ; The great serpent -- 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 -- 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 -- Life on the Mississippi : flatboats and keelboats, steamboats and showboats, songsters and soul drivers. Down a lazy river ; I long to see you ; Up the wicked river ; All aboard ; Down below -- River of blood : Lincoln and Davis, New Orleans and Vicksburg, victory and defeat. Blood on the tracks ; Anaconda ; Up in flames -- On the Lake of the Engineers : floods rise, levees rise, dams rise, while mountains fall and grasses sink. The mouth ; All the lists of clay ; Old Man River.;

520 a| A fascinating account of how the Mississippi River shaped America.;

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650 0 a| River lifez| Mississippi Riverx| History.=| ^A191784;

651 0 a| Mississippi River Valleyx| History.=| ^A40170;

651 0 a| North Americax| History.=| ^A56148;

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Old Man River : the Mississippi River in North American history / Paul Schneider.

Author/creator	Schneider, Paul, 1962- author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2013.
Description	xiii, 394 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects	River life--Mississippi River. --History. Mississippi River--History. Mississippi River Valley--History. North America--History.

Contents	The American watershed -- River of giants : continents collide, glaciers recede, mastodons bellow, and humans arrive. Ice on the rocks ;The Missouri leviathan ; Bones and stones ; Broken arrows ; Mammoth season -- River of mounds : the rise and fall, and rise and fall, and rise of Native America. Among the effigies ; Poverty point ; 60,000 pearls ; The Mississippian moment ; The great serpent -- 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 -- 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 -- Life on the Mississippi : flatboats and keelboats, steamboats and showboats, songsters and soul drivers. Down a lazy river ; I long to see you ; Up the wicked river ; All aboard ; Down below -- River of blood : Lincoln and Davis, New Orleans and Vicksburg, victory and defeat. Blood on the tracks ; Anaconda ; Up in flames -- On the Lake of the Engineers : floods rise, levees rise, dams rise, while mountains fall and grasses sink. The mouth ; All the lists of clay ; Old Man River.
Abstract	A fascinating account of how the Mississippi River shaped America.
General note	"A John Macrae book."
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-379) and index.
LCCN	2012049786
ISBN	9780805091366 (hbk.)
ISBN	080509136X (hbk.)

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