Old Man River: The Mississippi River in North American History
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781250053107 (1250053102)
Publish date: October 28th 2014
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 416
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,...