Dreaming the Mississippi
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (766 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826216862 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Deep, elegant, and intimate.”—John M. Barry, author of Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
A handful of black-and-white photographs, and somber reflections upon the outcome to Hurricane Katrina's wrath Midwest Book Review Written by National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium consultant Katherine Fisher, Dreaming the Mississippi is part memoir, part cultural reflection, part celebration of the mighty Mississippi. From the author's daily life in a house so close to the Mississippi banks that each spring she must open her basement doors to accept the reg. "Good book but I have mixed feelings about it." according to Old School. I have had a fascination for the Mississippi River since reading Huckleberry Finn and Life on the Mississippi as a boy even though I live about 150 miles from the river. I have canoed hundreds of it's miles and, even at 6Good book but I have mixed feelings about it. I have had a fascination for the Mississippi River since reading Huckleberry Finn and Life on the Mississippi as a boy even though I live about 150 miles from the river. I have canoed hundreds of it's miles and, even at 63, I plan to paddle the entire length from Lake Itasca to the Gulf solo before my life is over. I have a rather extens. , I plan to paddle the entire length from Lake Itasca to the Gulf solo before my life is over. I have a rather extens
In an engaging voice, earnest and energetic, Katherine Fischer describes how the river’s natural and human histories overlap and interweave as she tells of her own gradual immersion in its life—which led her to buy a house so close to its banks that each spring she must open her basement doors to accept its inevitable floods. Fischer blends stories of people living along the river with accounts of national and global consequence. Some chapters connect the wildness of this mythical river to outside regions such as the Great Salt Lake and Florida, taking the lure of the mighty Mississippi as far as Japan. Another chapter, about the river’s mouth, “Gulf,” considers the gulf between engineers and naturalists—and between America’s haves and have-nots—as it offers he