Author: Friedrich Gerstäcker
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Languages : en
Pages : 277
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The Pirates of the Mississippi
Author: Friedrich Gerstäcker
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Languages : en
Pages : 277
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Languages : en
Pages : 277
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The Pirates of the Mississippi
Author: Friedrich Gerstäcker
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Best of the Pirates of the Mississippi
Author: Pirates of the Mississippi (Musical group)
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Category : Country music
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : Country music
Languages : en
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The River Pirates of the Mississippi
Author: Friedrich Gerstäcker
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Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Languages : en
Pages : 596
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The Pirates of the Mississippi
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Languages : en
Pages : 99
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Pages : 99
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Wicked River
Author: Lee Sandlin
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307473570
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
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. Beginning in the early 1800s and climaxing with the siege of Vicksburg in 1863, Wicked River 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, Wicked River is an exuberant work of Americana that portrays a forgotten society on the edge of revolutionary change.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307473570
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
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. Beginning in the early 1800s and climaxing with the siege of Vicksburg in 1863, Wicked River 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, Wicked River is an exuberant work of Americana that portrays a forgotten society on the edge of revolutionary change.
Minn of the Mississippi
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395273999
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Follows the adventures of Minn, a three-legged snapping turtle, as she slowly makes her way from her birthplace at the headwaters of the Mississippi River to the mouth of river on the Gulf of Mexico.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395273999
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Follows the adventures of Minn, a three-legged snapping turtle, as she slowly makes her way from her birthplace at the headwaters of the Mississippi River to the mouth of river on the Gulf of Mexico.
Riverboat
Author: Douglas Hirt
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780515116533
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780515116533
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Pirates on the Mississippi
Author: G. H. Mc Loughlin
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781490965246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Pirates on the Mississippi is the story of the Revenue Cutter Louisiana, the first armed vessel of the United States to be stationed in the Territory of Orleans following the Louisiana Purchase. Its job was to enforce U.S. customs laws, and to insure that duties were paid on all goods imported into the new Territory. During the seven years that it operated in the port, the Louisiana patrolled the Gulf of Mexico and connecting bays and waterways, engaging in action petty smugglers, international privateers and ruthless pirates—including the forces of Jean Lafitte. This history of the cutter's daily operations is based on information extracted from the vessel's log sheets which are preserved in the National Archives in Fort Worth. During those periods for which the log sheets are missing or were not recorded, the Louisiana's activities were reconstructed from newspaper reports of the day, and the correspondence between the cutter's captains and government officials responsible for its operation. The Louisiana's story is made the more interesting by the antics of its two commanders, who, despite their eccentricities, demonstrated great courage and fighting spirit in challenging privateers and pirates whose vessels were generally bigger, faster and better armed.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781490965246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Pirates on the Mississippi is the story of the Revenue Cutter Louisiana, the first armed vessel of the United States to be stationed in the Territory of Orleans following the Louisiana Purchase. Its job was to enforce U.S. customs laws, and to insure that duties were paid on all goods imported into the new Territory. During the seven years that it operated in the port, the Louisiana patrolled the Gulf of Mexico and connecting bays and waterways, engaging in action petty smugglers, international privateers and ruthless pirates—including the forces of Jean Lafitte. This history of the cutter's daily operations is based on information extracted from the vessel's log sheets which are preserved in the National Archives in Fort Worth. During those periods for which the log sheets are missing or were not recorded, the Louisiana's activities were reconstructed from newspaper reports of the day, and the correspondence between the cutter's captains and government officials responsible for its operation. The Louisiana's story is made the more interesting by the antics of its two commanders, who, despite their eccentricities, demonstrated great courage and fighting spirit in challenging privateers and pirates whose vessels were generally bigger, faster and better armed.
The Pirates of the Mississippi ... Translated from the German
Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Christian GERSTAECKER
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Languages : en
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