It sounds similar to John McDermott's BEFORE MARK TWAIN, A SAMPLER OF OLD 
OLD TIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI (1968). Have you compared them?

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From: "Wes Britton" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 4:43 PM
Subject: new book on Mississippi


> Saw this today--thought folks might be interested.
>
> WICKED RIVER: The Mississippi When It Last Ran Wild by Lee Sandlin =
> (Anchor . 368 pages . on sale: 10/4/11 . price: $15.95 . ISBN: =
> 978-0-307-47357-8). From
>
> award-winning journalist Lee Sandlin comes a riveting look at one of the =
> most colorful, dangerous, and peculiar places in America's historical =
> landscape:
>
> the strange, wonderful, and mysterious Mississippi River of the =
> nineteenth century. Beginning in the early 1800s and climaxing with the =
> siege of Vicksburg
>
> in 1863, WICKED RIVER takes us back to a time before the Mississippi was =
> dredged into a shipping channel, and before Mark Twain romanticized it =
> into myth.
>
> Drawing on an array of suspenseful and bizarre firsthand accounts, =
> Sandlin brings to life a place where river pirates brushed elbows with =
> future presidents
>
> and religious visionaries shared passage with thieves-a world unto =
> itself where, every night, near the levees of the big river towns, =
> hundreds of boats
>
> gathered to form dusk-to-dawn cities dedicated to music, drinking, and =
> gambling. Here is a minute-by-minute account of Natchez being flattened =
> by a tornado;
>
> the St. Louis harbor being crushed by a massive ice floe; hidden, =
> nefarious celebrations of Mardi Gras; and the sinking of the Sultana, =
> the worst naval
>
> disaster in American history. Here, too, is the Mississippi itself: =
> gorgeous, perilous, and unpredictable, lifeblood to the communities that =
> rose and fell
>
> along its banks. An exuberant work of Americana-at once history, =
> culture, and geography-WICKED RIVER is a grand epic that portrays a =
> forgotten society
>
> on the edge of revolutionary change.
>
>
> Dr. Wesley Britton
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