Wicked River: The Mississippi When It Last Ran Wild

Acclaimed journalist and author Lee Sandlin delivers a riveting glimpse of a dangerous and colorful place in America¿s historical landscape¿the Mississippi River of the 19th century. Long before it was dredged into a shipping channel or romanticized into myth, the untamed Mississippi¿the lifeblood of communities that rose and fell along its banks¿spawned a motley array of pirates and dignitaries, visionaries and thieves.