01827cam a2200349 i 4500 282939798 TxAuBib 20010213120000.0 010207s2001||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 00035948 9781565547872 paperback $16.95 156554787X paperback $16.95 TxAuBib rda Fraiser, Jim, 1954- Mississippi : river country tales ; a celebration of 500 years of Deep South history / Jim Fraiser ; foreward by William F. Winter. Gretna, Louisiana : Pelican Publishing Company, 2001. ©2001. 168 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-168). Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Of conquistadors and explorers -- Father of waters, mother of all adventures -- Professional discourtesy -- Drums along the Mississippi -- A most uncivil war -- Got those Reconstruction blues -- Mississippi mythconceptions -- River rats in river towns -- Modern marvels -- Selected bibliography. 20010213. Mississippi authors. Mississippiana. Mississippi River Valley History Anecdotes. Winter, William F., foreword author. Blakeney, Deborah, photographer.