Mississippi
Downstream effects: The cautionary tale of the Mississippi River
A new book tells the modern history of the ‘Big Muddy’ as a tragedy wrought by colonial hubris.
In an often-excerpted passage from his memoir Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain describes how his perceptions of the Mississippi River changed after he spent months piloting a steamboat up and down… [+8125 chars]
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