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The Mississippi and the making of a nation : from the Louisiana Purchase to today Cover Image Book Book

The Mississippi and the making of a nation : from the Louisiana Purchase to today / Stephen E. Ambrose, Douglas G. Brinkley ; photographs by Sam Abell.

Ambrose, Stephen E. (Author). Brinkley, Douglas. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780792269137
  • ISBN: 0792269136
  • Physical Description: 273 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2002]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-268) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- ch. 1. Head of passes -- ch. 2. New Orleans -- Portfolio : Delta -- ch. 3. River road plantations -- ch. 4. Natchez -- Portfolio : Old South -- ch. 5. Delta : from Vicksburg on -- ch. 6. Memphis -- Portfolio : River in flood -- ch. 7. Great confluence -- ch. 8. St. Louis -- Portfolio : Delta Queen -- ch. 9. Mark Twain country -- ch. 10. Quad cities and Dubuque -- Portfolio : Headwaters -- ch. 11. Minnesota -- Bibliography/index -- Acknowledgments/credits.

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Subject: Frontier and pioneer life > United States.
Mississippi River > History.
Mississippi River Valley > History.
West (U.S.) > History.
United States > Territorial expansion.
Mississippi River > Pictorial works.
Mississippi River Valley > Pictorial works.

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