Old Man River: The Mississippi River in North American History By Paul Schneider

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A fascinating account of how the Mississippi River shaped AmericaIn Old Man River, Paul Schneider tells the story of the river at the center of America's rich history—the Mississippi. Some fifteen thousand years ago, the majestic river provided Paleolithic humans with the routes by which early man began to explore the continent's interior. Since then, the river has been the site of historical significance, from the arrival of Spanish and French explorers in the 16th century to the Civil War. George Washington fought his first battle near the river, and Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman both came to President Lincoln's attention after their spectacular victories on the lower Mississippi.In the 19th century, home-grown folk heroes such as Daniel Boone and the half-alligator, half-horse, Mike Fink, were creatures of the river. Mark Twain and Herman Melville led their characters down its stream in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Confidence-Man. A conduit of real-life American prowess, the Mississippi is also a river of stories and myth.Schneider traces the history of the Mississippi from its origins in the deep geologic past to the present. Though the busiest waterway on the planet today, the Mississippi remains a paradox—a devastated product of American ingenuity, and a magnificent natural wonder.

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I was drawn to this book for personal reasons. Frequently I walk a park with my puppy, which borders the Illinois River. Often I have waxed poetic about the folks who have watched the river before me, while my pooch looks for squirrels. So this book by description was perfect for me. And it didn't disappoint.The basically chronological organization was appropriate and helpful in understanding what this basin represents in our history. The story starts before man arrives and continues through millennia ending in the present epoch. Sprinkled throughout are first person river experiences of the author, for example, entering at the headwaters of the Allegheny and exploring the mouth near New Orleans.I liked it from start to finish. Because I enjoy history, there were many places where I paused to assimilate what I had freshly learned with what was in my virtual library. This book enhanced and improved on my knowledge of U. S. History. He touches on the post Ice Age period, early man and the Mounds People; British and French exploration and colonization; the development of agriculture and the role of exports from Jefferson to the present; the execution of the Anaconda Plan in the Civil War; and finishes with today's river fully engineered but ever changing.I recommend it as alternative history, very interesting. Makes me want to visit Pittsburgh and the tributary country surrounding it, among other places. Allows me to see much more, when my puppy and I stand on the shore. My puppy not so much.

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