Working the Mississippi
Subtitle: two centuries of life on the river
By: Bonnie Stepenoff
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Columbia, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780826220530
Subjects: Description and travel; River life; History
Description: "Bonnie Stepenoff takes readers on a cruise through history, showing how workers from St. Louis to Memphis changed the river and were in turn changed by it. Readers will find workers who are themselves part of the country's mythology from Mark Twain and antislavery crusader William Wells Brown to musicians Fate Marable and Louis Armstrong"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.