Wicked river: the Mississippi when it last ran wild

Prologue

pt. 1. The river rising

Gone on the river

Old Devil River

The comet's tail

"Like bubbles from a sea..." pt. 2. "Do you live on the river?"

The desire of an ignorant Westerner

Bloody island

The roar of Niagara

The cosmopolitan tide

A pile of shavings

The coasts of dark destruction

pt. 3. The course of empire

The mound builders

A young man of splendid abilities

The oracles

pt. 4. Behemoth

The sky parlor

The alligator

pt. 5. The good and the thoughtless

The last of the floating life

Epilogue.