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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, Rising Tide tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the greatest natural disaster this country has ever known -- the Mississippi flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes of nearly one million people, helped elect Huey Long governor and made Herbert Hoover president, drove hundreds of thousands of blacks north, and transformed American society...
Publisher
Marshall Pub. and Promotions
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Three presentations on the history of the Mississippi River and its immense drainage basin.
The prize and pawn of empires: First film in the series on the history of the Mississippi River and its immense drainage basin. Traces the routes taken by Spain, France and England into the Mississippi Valley; discusses the wars involving the Mississippi River; and shows territorial expansion up to 1812.
Steamboat a-comin': Second program in a series on the...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In Kingdom of Nauvoo, Benjamin E. Park excavates the brief, tragic life of a lost Mormon city, demonstrating that the Mormons are essential to understanding American history writ large. Using newly accessible sources, Park recreates the Mormons' 1839 flight from Missouri to Illinois. There, under the charismatic leadership of Joseph Smith, they founded Nauvoo, which shimmered briefly-but Smith's challenge to democratic traditions, as well as his...
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Timed to coincide with the flood's 75th anniversary, "The Thousand-Year Flood" is the first comprehensive history of one of the most destructive disasters in American history. Welky first shows how decades of settlement put Ohio Valley farms and towns at risk and how politicians and planners repeatedly ignored the dangers. Then he tells the gripping story of the river's inexorable rise.
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Marquette was a French missionary and Joliet a fur trader and explorer. Together they set out to find the direction and origin of the Mississippi River, ultimately exploring most of the distance between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico! Historical information and high-interest fact boxes are presented in an appealing tabloid style that guides readers through major voyages, explorations, and discoveries. Topics include why the French wanted...
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