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Hace 1 día · by Boyce Upholt. W.W. Norton, 2024 ($29.99) Blast. Carve. Dredge. Smash. Such powerful verbs fill a single paragraph midstream in Boyce Upholt’s sweeping ecological history of the Mississippi ...
Hace 4 días · Mississippi, constituent state of the U.S. Its name derives from a Native American word meaning ‘great waters’ or ‘father of waters,’ which it shares with the Mississippi River, the longest river in the country. Mississippi became the 20th state of the union in 1817. Its capital city is Jackson.
Hace 5 días · Echos of the Mississippi: Introduction to the Paleo-Indian Period. Sunset landscape of the Mississippi River bridge between Mississippi and Louisiana, in Vicksburg, MS. In the heart of the American South lies a land rich with history, where the whispers of the past echo through time.
Hace 2 días · Mark Twain's book, Life on the Mississippi, covered the steamboat commerce, which took place from 1830 to 1870, before more modern ships replaced the steamer. Harper's Weekly first published the book as a seven-part serial in 1875.
Hace 5 días · Near the completion of Huckleberry Finn, Twain wrote Life on the Mississippi, which is said to have heavily influenced the novel. The travel work recounts Twain's memories and new experiences after a 22-year absence from the Mississippi River.
Hace 1 día · Lists of United States state symbols. Mississippi ( / ˌmɪsəˈsɪpi / ⓘ MISS-ə-SIH-pee) [6] is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the southwest, and Arkansas to the northwest. Mississippi's western boundary is largely ...
Hace 5 días · The five themes of geography for Mississippi are location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. These themes help us understand and describe the characteristics of the state and its relationship to the world.
