Celebrating the Bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase Stephen Ambrose, Douglas Brinkley and National Geographic photographer Sam Abell explore the length of the Mississippi River.
General Note
Includes index.
Content 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.