Table of Contents

1. The Colonial Era: The River and Its Bayous 2. The Antebellum Era: A River of Contradictions 3. The Post-War Years: New River Roles 4. The Great Flood of 1927: A Modern River 5. Memory Persists: Community and Hurricanes

About the Author

Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted is Professor Emeritus at Eastern Washington University, USA. Her publications include Rivers, Memory and Nation-Building: A History of the Volga and Mississippi Rivers, and Water and Human Societies: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, coedited with David A. Pietz.