From the Book - First edition.
Prelude: The American watershed
Book one. River of giants : continents collide, glaciers recede, mastodons bellow and humans arrive
Book two. River of mounds
The rise and fall, and rise and fall, and rise of Native America
Book three. River of fortune
The Spanish exit, the French arrive, the Iroquois take action
In the Iroquois longhouse
The incomparable La Salle
Nous sommes tous sauvages
Book four. River of empires
The English enter, the French exit, the Iroquois negotiate, and the Americans take over
The scramble for the Forks
Book six. Life on the Mississippi
Flatboats and keelboats, steamboats and showboats, slave boats and warships
Book seven. On the lake of the engineers
