02256cam a2200361 4500 300197994 TxAuBib 20120331120000.0 120331s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780307378514 hbk. $26.95 0307378519 hbk. $26.95 9781611296419 pbk. 1611296412 pbk. TxAuBib Sandlin, Lee. Wicked river : the Mississippi when it last ran wild / Lee Sandlin. Mississippi when it last ran wild. New York : Pantheon Books, 2010. xxviii, 270 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-255) and index. Prologue -- pt. 1. The river rising -- Gone on the river -- Old Devil River -- The comet's tail -- Like bubbles on a sea -- pt. 2. "Do you live on the river?" -- The desire of an ignorant Westerner -- Bloody island -- The roar of Niagara -- The cosmopolitan tide -- A pile of shavings -- The coasts of dark destruction -- pt. 3. The course of empire -- The mound builders -- A young man of splendid abilities -- The oracles -- pt. 4. Behemoth -- The sky parlor -- The alligator -- pt. 5. The good and the thoughtless -- The last of the floating life -- Epilogue. A chronicle of the Mississippi River in the first half of the nineteenth century--before it was tamed by commerce and technology--draws on first-hand accounts to describe life along the river, natural and man-made disasters, acts of piracy, and cultural celebrations. 20140513. River life Mississippi River Region History 19th century. Community life Mississippi River Region History 19th century. Social change Mississippi River Region History 19th century. Mississippi River History 19th century. Mississippi River Geography. Mississippi River Environmental conditions. Mississippi River Region History 19th century. Mississippi River Region Biography. Mississippi River Region Social life and customs 19th century.