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Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure

byRinker Buck

Rinker Buck uses Life on the Mississippi to explore the epic american adventure, moving beyond a simple overview to reveal the forces working underneath. Drawing on archival sources, narrative history, and voices from the period, the narrative gives Life on the Mississippi a concrete sense of time, place, and consequence. Across the book, the epic american adventure becomes a way to examine power, adaptation, responsibility, and change within history and travel. Life on the Mississippi ultimately offers a nuanced guide to the evidence, the human stakes, and the consequences that make this subject worth revisiting.

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9781501106378