Wicked River
Subtitle: the Mississippi when it last ran wild
Publisher: Pantheon
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780307378514
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Part one : The river rising.; title: Gone on the river; title: Old Devil River; title: The comet's tail; title: Like bubbles on a sea; title: Part two : "Do you live on the river?"; title: The desire of an ignorant Westerner; title: Bloody island; title: The roar of Niagara; title: The cosmopolitan tide; title: A pile of shavings; title: The coasts of dark destruction; title: Part three : The course of empire.; title: The mound builders; title: A young man of splendid abilities; title: The oracles; title: Part four : Behemoth.; title: The sky parlor; title: The alligator; title: Part five : The good and the thoughtless.; title: The last of the floating life; title: Epilogue