Wicked River
Book (italiano):
<p>A riveting narrative look at one of the most colorful, dangerous, and peculiar places in America's historical landscape: the strange, wonderful, and mysterious Mississippi River of the 19th century.<br> <br>Beginning in the early 1800s and climaxing with the siege of Vicksburg in 1863, <i>Wicked River</i> brings to life a place where river pirates brushed elbows with future presidents and religious visionaries shared passage with thieves. Here is a minute-by-minute account of Natchez being flattened by a tornado; the St. Louis harbor being crushed by a massive ice floe; hidden, nefarious celebrations of Mardi Gras; and the sinking of the Sultana, the worst naval disaster in American history. Here, too, is the Mississippi itself: gorgeous, perilous, and unpredictable. Masterfully told, <i>Wicked River</i> is an exuberant work of Americana that portrays a forgotten society on the edge of revolutionary change.</p>
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