Anfinson, John O.

The river we have wrought a history of the upper Mississippi / [electronic resource] : John O. Anfinson. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2003. - xxi, 365 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Innumerable -- This splendid juggernaut -- The bounty of providence -- Making the Mississippi over again -- Highway of empire -- So nearly perfected by nature -- Cradle, home, and place of sojourn -- A marooned interior -- Straining at the chains -- An inland empire's need -- This noble river -- Epilogue : fourth river.


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Human ecology--Mississippi River.


Mississippi River--History.
Mississippi River--Environmental conditions.
Mississippi River--Navigation--History.


Electronic books.

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386/.3/09775