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River of dreams : imagining the Mississippi before Mark Twain /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Thomas Ruys, 1979-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2007]
Subjects:
United States > Civilization > 19th century.
United States > Civilization > 1783-1865.
Mississippi River > In literature.
American literature > 1783-1850 > History and criticism.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the American Nile : "ultima thule"
  • Empire : Jefferson and "the Mississippi we must have"
  • Frontier : Jackson and the "half-horse, half-alligators"
  • Travel and tourism : Europeans on "this foul stream"
  • Moving panoramas : the "useful illusion" of the visual Mississippi
  • Crime and punishment : "extraordinary metaphysical scamps" in the Mississippi underworld
  • Epilogue : the Civil War and Mark Twain.