Mississippi Calling - In Search of a Great River's History
MISSISSIPPI CALLING - In Search of a Great River's History
by Virginia S. Eifert
first printed in 1957 � 248 pages
Author of 20 books and hundreds of short stories, Virginia Eifert spent much of her time during the 1950�s traveling Midwestern rivers doing field research and photography for her river books. She eventually traveled over 6,000 miles on working towboats and came to know the Mississippi like few other women ever have.
In this expansive book, Virginia traces the human history of this great river, following the stories of failure and success by those who came before her. She tells the tales of mammoth hunters and Spanish conquerors, French paddlers and bird painters � and obsessed explorers finding (or not) the river�s source. Here too are vibrant stories of Lafitte the pirate and Blackhawk the warrior. There are flatboats and keelboats; steamboats and towboats�and the U. S. Corps of Engineers and the Coast Guard come to begin a lifetime task of taming the river. There�s even a personal chapter about one of her river trips on a working towboat carrying acres of gasoline that looses control and plows into the river�s bank as it looses gasoline and turns the river red.
In her splendid book, Virginia S. Eifert tells many dramatic and moving stories of the river's people. She has searched deep into the Midwest�s past as well as into its exciting present to interpret in a unique manner the fascinating, compelling personality that is the Mississippi River.
For this Kindle Edition, there are additional photos taken by the author in the 1950�s and found later after her death and add a personal note to this book about the greatest river in America.
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by Virginia S. Eifert
first printed in 1957 � 248 pages
Author of 20 books and hundreds of short stories, Virginia Eifert spent much of her time during the 1950�s traveling Midwestern rivers doing field research and photography for her river books. She eventually traveled over 6,000 miles on working towboats and came to know the Mississippi like few other women ever have.
In this expansive book, Virginia traces the human history of this great river, following the stories of failure and success by those who came before her. She tells the tales of mammoth hunters and Spanish conquerors, French paddlers and bird painters � and obsessed explorers finding (or not) the river�s source. Here too are vibrant stories of Lafitte the pirate and Blackhawk the warrior. There are flatboats and keelboats; steamboats and towboats�and the U. S. Corps of Engineers and the Coast Guard come to begin a lifetime task of taming the river. There�s even a personal chapter about one of her river trips on a working towboat carrying acres of gasoline that looses control and plows into the river�s bank as it looses gasoline and turns the river red.
In her splendid book, Virginia S. Eifert tells many dramatic and moving stories of the river's people. She has searched deep into the Midwest�s past as well as into its exciting present to interpret in a unique manner the fascinating, compelling personality that is the Mississippi River.
For this Kindle Edition, there are additional photos taken by the author in the 1950�s and found later after her death and add a personal note to this book about the greatest river in America.
Mississippi Calling - In Search of a Great River's History
MISSISSIPPI CALLING - In Search of a Great River's History
by Virginia S. Eifert
first printed in 1957 � 248 pages
Author of 20 books and hundreds of short stories, Virginia Eifert spent much of her time during the 1950�s traveling Midwestern rivers doing field research and photography for her river books. She eventually traveled over 6,000 miles on working towboats and came to know the Mississippi like few other women ever have.
In this expansive book, Virginia traces the human history of this great river, following the stories of failure and success by those who came before her. She tells the tales of mammoth hunters and Spanish conquerors, French paddlers and bird painters � and obsessed explorers finding (or not) the river�s source. Here too are vibrant stories of Lafitte the pirate and Blackhawk the warrior. There are flatboats and keelboats; steamboats and towboats�and the U. S. Corps of Engineers and the Coast Guard come to begin a lifetime task of taming the river. There�s even a personal chapter about one of her river trips on a working towboat carrying acres of gasoline that looses control and plows into the river�s bank as it looses gasoline and turns the river red.
In her splendid book, Virginia S. Eifert tells many dramatic and moving stories of the river's people. She has searched deep into the Midwest�s past as well as into its exciting present to interpret in a unique manner the fascinating, compelling personality that is the Mississippi River.
For this Kindle Edition, there are additional photos taken by the author in the 1950�s and found later after her death and add a personal note to this book about the greatest river in America.
by Virginia S. Eifert
first printed in 1957 � 248 pages
Author of 20 books and hundreds of short stories, Virginia Eifert spent much of her time during the 1950�s traveling Midwestern rivers doing field research and photography for her river books. She eventually traveled over 6,000 miles on working towboats and came to know the Mississippi like few other women ever have.
In this expansive book, Virginia traces the human history of this great river, following the stories of failure and success by those who came before her. She tells the tales of mammoth hunters and Spanish conquerors, French paddlers and bird painters � and obsessed explorers finding (or not) the river�s source. Here too are vibrant stories of Lafitte the pirate and Blackhawk the warrior. There are flatboats and keelboats; steamboats and towboats�and the U. S. Corps of Engineers and the Coast Guard come to begin a lifetime task of taming the river. There�s even a personal chapter about one of her river trips on a working towboat carrying acres of gasoline that looses control and plows into the river�s bank as it looses gasoline and turns the river red.
In her splendid book, Virginia S. Eifert tells many dramatic and moving stories of the river's people. She has searched deep into the Midwest�s past as well as into its exciting present to interpret in a unique manner the fascinating, compelling personality that is the Mississippi River.
For this Kindle Edition, there are additional photos taken by the author in the 1950�s and found later after her death and add a personal note to this book about the greatest river in America.
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| BN ID: | 2940016762166 |
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| Publisher: | Larry Eifert |
| Publication date: | 05/22/2013 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 6 MB |
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