The Mobile River / John S. Sledge.

"The Mobile River presents the first-ever narrative history of this important American watercourse. Inspired by the venerable Rivers of America series, John S. Sledge weaves chronological and thematic elements with personal experiences and more than sixty color and black-and-white images for a...

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Main Author: Sledge, John S. (John Sturdivant), 1957- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2015]
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Prologue: Downriver with Cap'n Joe; Introduction: "A fine, large river"; Part 1. Coming Ahead; 1. Indian Stream to Entrada Española; 2. Colonial Days and Ways; 3. American Dawn; 4. Calliope Song; 5. Rebel River; 6. Rebel Defeat; 7. "Mobile Harbor: What shall we do with it?"; 8. Modern Port, Beleaguered River; Part 2. Currents; 9. "Everything down there's big enough to kill you -- 10. Pleasure and Peril; 11. Diverse Legacies; Epilogue: Elegy for a Small Shipyard; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K. 
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