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Working the Mississippi: Two Centuries of Life on the Rivervolume 1

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Examines nineteenth and twentieth century life along the Mississippi from St. Louis to Memphis showing how workers changed the river and were in turn changed by it. Each chapter focuses on representative personnel: captains and pilots, gamblers and musicians, cooks and craftsmen--from Mark Twain to Louis Armstrong.

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Working the Mississippi: Two Centuries of Life on the Rivervolume 1 2015, University of Missouri Press

ISBN-13: 9780826220530

Hardcover