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Life on the Mississippi
To most people, thanks to Mark Twain, "Mississippi" suggests riverboat. Here, from award-winning historian Ralph K. Andrist, is the dramatic story of the world through which the great, Mississippi paddle-wheelers moved - a world these revolutionary ships and their captains, crews, and creators were largely responsible for bringing into being.
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256 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 24, 2016
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February 7, 2017
Interesting account of steamboat life on the Mississippi River.
April 3, 2019
Nice Little Account
The only river town missing in this little guide is Grafton IL. While the majority of the book covered the lower Mississippi, I would have liked to have learned a bit more regarding mid Mississippi River. The book is informative and educational. Fun little read.
The only river town missing in this little guide is Grafton IL. While the majority of the book covered the lower Mississippi, I would have liked to have learned a bit more regarding mid Mississippi River. The book is informative and educational. Fun little read.
April 23, 2020
It’s Not Shakespeare Or Twain
Life on the Mississippi is well resourced, well written enjoyable read. It’s a mixture of anecdotes and fact that offer the reader a fine mixture of history and wild characters. Andrist relates the role the Mississippi has played on this continent, on this country. I hope he will continue his journey into the river’s future.
Life on the Mississippi is well resourced, well written enjoyable read. It’s a mixture of anecdotes and fact that offer the reader a fine mixture of history and wild characters. Andrist relates the role the Mississippi has played on this continent, on this country. I hope he will continue his journey into the river’s future.
February 27, 2017
Riverboats: Stories and Tales
I absolutely loved this book! Short but well written. Describes everything you ever wondered about old time steamboats and the characters that populated them.
I absolutely loved this book! Short but well written. Describes everything you ever wondered about old time steamboats and the characters that populated them.
February 18, 2017
Very interesting history of the steamboats on the Mississippi and the Missouri. They were the way to transport goods in the 1800's. Although, a lot of people were killed along the way! It is not a long book and I think you will find it worth your time.
April 12, 2017
Good read especially if you are going to travel along or on the Mississippi River.
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