This book takes readers along the mighty Mississippi. Often celebrated in music and literature, its exploration by explorers spurred the growth of a new nation. Today, the Mississippi not only provides transportation for agricultural and industrial goods but also supplies water for millions of people. Informative text also addresses human efforts to tame the Mississippi. Dams and levees have not eliminated destructive floods and have caused pollution...

Briefly describes the Mississippi River, what it looks like, its major tributaries, where it flows, and its importance.

Surveys the origin, geological borders, water, plant and animal life, and economic and ecological aspects of the Mississippi River.

Briefly describes the geography of the Misssissippi River, along with some history of the transportation and commerce associated with the river.

Describes the course of the largest river in North America, the Mississippi and the connections between the plant and animal species that live in and around it.

The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early nineteenth century.

"In this book, author and Mississippi River historian Dean Klinkenberg explores the many disastrous events to have occurred on and along the river in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries-from steamboat explosions, to Yellow Fever epidemics, floods, and Prohibition piracy. Enjoy this journey into the darkest deeds of the Mississippi River"--