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The Mississippi and the making of a nation : from the Louisiana Purchase to today Cover Image 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). Abell, Sam. (Added Author).

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

Content descriptions

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 : The delta -- ch. 3. River road plantations -- ch. 4. Natchez -- Portfolio : The Old South -- ch. 5. The delta : from Vicksburg on -- ch. 6. Memphis -- Portfolio : The river in flood -- ch. 7. The great confluence -- ch. 8. St. Louis -- Portfolio : The Delta Queen -- ch. 9. Mark Twain country -- ch. 10. The quad cities and Dubuque -- Portfolio : The headwaters -- ch. 11. Minnesota -- Bibliography/index -- Acknowledgments/credits.

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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.
Genre:
Illustrated works.

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