River of Dreams: Imagining the Mississippi Before Mark Twain

by Thomas Ruys Smith

Book Overview

Even in the decades before Mark Twain enthralled the world with his evocative representations of the Mississippi, the river played an essential role in American culture and consciousness. Throughout the antebellum era, the Mississippi acted as a powerful symbol of America's conception of itself -- and the world's conception of America. As Twain understood, The Mississippi is well worth reading about. Thomas Ruys Smith's River of Dreams is an examination...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807132330
• ISBN13: 9780807132333
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"