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Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-03-08 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
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Language: en
Pages: 393
Pages: 393
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
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Language: en
Pages: 260
Pages: 260
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-09-15 - Publisher: Macmillan
The true story of a young black man's quest: to canoe the length of the Mississippi River from Minnesota to New Orleans.
Language: en
Pages: 434
Pages: 434
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-07 - Publisher: Dell
The unforgettable memoir of a woman at the front lines of the civil rights movement—a harrowing account of black life in the rural South and a powerful affirm
Language: en
Pages: 500
Pages: 500
Type: BOOK - Published: 1883 - Publisher:
A memoir of the steamboat era on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. The first half details a brief history of the river from its discovery by