Old Man River: The Mississippi River in North American History
Format: kindle
ASIN: B00BQMOFYI
Publish date: September 3rd 2013
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Pages no: 415
Edition language: English
This is a quirky mix of historical anecdotes with a bit of the author’s personal travels, endearing if not particularly cohesive. The geographical scope is quite broad, encompassing areas of the Mississippi River basin quite removed from the river itself (40% of the U.S. is in the Mississippi basin,...