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River of dreams

by Smith, Thomas Ruys,
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: Southern literary studies Published by : Louisiana State University Press, (Baton Rouge :) Physical details: x, 232 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., map.
Subject(s): American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. | American literature -- 1783-1850 -- History and criticism. | Mississippi River -- In literature. | United States -- Civilization -- 1783-1865. | United States -- Civilization -- 19th century. | Electronic books.
Year: 2007
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-223) and index.

Introduction : the American Nile : "ultima thule" -- Empire : Jefferson and "the Mississippi we must have" -- Frontier : Jackson and the "half-horse, half-alligators" -- Travel and tourism : Europeans on "this foul stream" -- Moving panoramas : the "useful illusion" of the visual Mississippi -- Crime and punishment : "extraordinary metaphysical scamps" in the Mississippi underworld -- Epilogue : the Civil War and Mark Twain.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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