Research Catalog

Title

Great river city : how the Mississippi shaped St. Louis / by Andrew Wanko.

Author

Wanko, Andrew, 1986-

Publication

• St. Louis : Missouri Historical Society Press, [2019]
• [Chicago] : Distributed by University of Chicago Press, [2019]

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Details

Additional Authors

Missouri Historical Society.

Description

308 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color); 31 cm

Summary

"This book examines the importance of the Mississippi River across time and through the lens of a single city: St. Louis. Features hundreds of maps, artifacts, and fascinating historic images, spanning back to St. Louis's founding and even earlier"--

Alternative Title

How the Mississippi shaped St. Louis

Subjects

• Mississippi River
• Missouri > Saint Louis
• Saint Louis (Mo.) > History
• Mississippi River > History
• History
• Saint Louis (Mo.) > Description and travel
• Travel

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The Mississippi's first metropolis -- Founding river city -- The riverside village -- Washing away boundaries -- The Wiggins Ferry Company -- The first steamboat -- A world colored by water -- Bloody island -- The mountain men of St. Louis -- Nomads on the levee -- The American Nile -- Lee's plan to tame the Mississippi -- Tourists and entrepreneurs -- The Missouri leviathan -- Digging up the river's graveyard -- When the river brought ruin, part 1 -- When the river brought ruin, part 2 -- Thirteen blocks, a world apart -- Life on a St. Louis steamboat -- "Dreadful explosion and loss of life" -- Mississippi River panoramas -- The levee's new faces -- The big drain -- The ice gorge -- The St. Louis levee, born again -- Over there -- Mark Twain in St. Louis -- Ironclads and floating hospitals -- The Mississippi River's future great city -- "The social evil" -- Rivers beneath St. Louis -- Keeping the taps running -- The Eads Bridge -- The Exodusters -- Leaving the river behind -- The north and south riverfronts -- Drinking the "Mississippi relish" -- The river made beautiful -- Daredevils on the water -- Waves of garbage -- The St. Louis Blues -- Refuge across the river -- Some unexpected guests -- The Streckfus excursion boats -- The bridges of the mother road -- Hooverville -- The riverfront's blank canvas -- Five decks of fun -- St. Louis's future front door -- Building the Gateway Arch -- The Mississippi River Festival -- Saving what remained -- A celebration for all St. Louisans -- The great flood -- The welcome mat -- A new vision for the Gateway Arch.

Call Number

JFG 20-10

ISBN

• 9781883982959
• 1883982952

LCCN

2019022194

OCLC

1096517642

Author

Wanko, Andrew, 1986- author.

Title

Great river city : how the Mississippi shaped St. Louis / by Andrew Wanko.

Publisher

St. Louis : Missouri Historical Society Press, [2019]

Distributor

[Chicago] : Distributed by University of Chicago Press, [2019]

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Missouri Historical Society.

Research Call Number

JFG 20-10