{"product_id":"old-man-river-the-mississippi-river-in-north-american-history-9781250053107","title":"Old Man River: The Mississippi River in North American History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOld Man River\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Schneider's exploration of America's great waterway--taking the reader from the Mississippi River's origins to its polluted present and tracing its prehistory, geology, and cultural and literary histories--is as vast as its subject. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fascinating cast of characters includes the French and Spanish explorers de Soto, Marquette and Joliet, and the incomparable La Salle; George Washington fighting his first battle in an effort to secure the watershed; the birth of jazz and blues; and literary greats like Melville, Dickens, Trollope, and, of course, Mark Twain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePirates and riverbats, gamblers and slaves, hustlers and landscape painters, loggers and catfishers, tourists and missionaries: The Mississippi is a river of stories and myth. It's Paul Robeson sitting on a cotton bale, Daniel Boone floating on a flatboat, and Paul Bunyan cutting trees in the neighborhood of \u003ci\u003eLittle House in the Big Woods\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHalf-devastated product of American ingenuity, half-magnificent natural wonder, it is impossible to imagine America without the Mississippi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2616132\"\u003ePaul Schneider\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.80w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250053107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250053102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRV\"\u003eTravel\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRV025000\"\u003eUnited States | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036090\"\u003eUnited States | State \u0026amp; Local | Midwest(IA,IL,IN,KS,MI,MN,MO\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Schneider is the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eBonnie and Clyde\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBrutal Journey\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Enduring Shore\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Adirondacks\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book. He and his family live in West Tisbury, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685740744941,"sku":"9781250053107","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_5c21f3ee-2394-4ed2-9675-7c30b1ef24c1.jpg?v=1649770236","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/old-man-river-the-mississippi-river-in-north-american-history-9781250053107","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}