Explorers of the Mississippi
The Mississippi River has intrigued the footloose for centuries. Here, for the first time in paperback, are briskly told biographies of the chief protagonists in the drama, with Old Man River as the constant and invincible antagonist. From conquistadors to nineteenth-century gentlemen explorers, Severin depicts the disasters and adventures of familiar, but often misunderstood, figures in American history, as well as the chicanery of others, less well known, who used the river for their own purposes.
Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Series
A first-rate piece of work, rich in period and personality. Severin considers the true elucidators of the river—Joliet, Marquette, La Salle, and Henry de Tonti—plus a smattering of frauds and dilettantes, among whom he includes Lieutenant Zebulon Pike.
New Yorker
The Mississippi River has intrigued the footloose for centuries. Here, for the first time in paperback, are briskly told biographies of the chief protagonists in the drama, with Old Man River as the constant and invincible antagonist. From conquistadors to nineteenth-century gentlemen explorers, Timothy Severin depicts the disasters and adventures of familiar, but often misunderstood, figures in American history, as well as the chicanery of others, less well known, who used the river for their own purposes.
A first-rate piece of work, rich in period and personality. Severin considers the true elucidators of the river—Joliet, Marquette, La Salle, and Henry de Tonti—plus a smattering of frauds and dilettantes, among whom he includes Lieutenant Zebulon Pike.
New Yorker
Traveling side by side with each of his intrepid voyagers, Severin will make every armchair Huck Finn yearn to sign up for the next trip.
New York Times Book Review
Enthralling book.
Evening News
