

Old Man River
The Mississippi River in North American History
Author: Paul Schneider
Narrator: Alan Sklar
Unabridged: 13 hr 37 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 10/14/2013
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Us History
Synopsis
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.