mississippi river

A village comes to life when a Mississippi River steamboat arrives and unloads its goods.

Describes the achievements and the life of seventeenth-century French explorer Ren?-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle, who was the first European to travel the entire length of the Mississippi River.

Ship's "boy" Mary "Jacky" Faber sets out on another round of adventures, this time in New Orleans, tricking Mike Fink out of his flatboat and turning it into a casino-showboat.

Presents Mark Twain's classic novel about the adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town during the mid-nineteenth century, and includes a study guide.

Describes the length of the Mississippi River, the origin of its name, and the history of transportation on it.

Describes the author's journey down the Mississippi River. Includes observations about the historical impact of this river on human activities.

Wishbone imagines himself as a the character Huckleberry Finn in Mark Twain's famous novel.

Mike Fink, who is bigger than life and mightier than most men, Nathan Bonable, who hopes to have the same kind of life after Mike avenged his parents' brutal death, and a loyal band of followers, navigate the Mississippi River doling out their own kind of justice.

Focuses on this American author's connection with steamboats on the Mississippi River while also presenting a history of the craft.

Nineteenth-century American author Mark Twain's novel in which Huck Finn, the son of the town drunk, and Jim, an escaped slave, make a break for freedom down the Mississippi River on a raft; includes two critical essays.