The Mobile River.
Sledge, John S.
The Mobile River. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (476 pages)
Intro -- Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Downriver with Cap'n Joe -- Introduction: "A fine, large river" -- Part 1. Coming Ahead -- 1. Indian Stream to Entrada Española -- 2. Colonial Days and Ways -- 3. American Dawn -- 4. Calliope Song -- 5. Rebel River -- 6. Rebel Defeat -- 7. "Mobile Harbor: What shall we do with it?" -- 8. Modern Port, Beleaguered River -- Part 2. Currents -- 9. "Everything down there's big enough to kill you" -- 10. Pleasure and Peril -- 11. Diverse Legacies -- Epilogue: Elegy for a Small Shipyard -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
A historical saga of the river and the colorful characters that inhabit its shores and basin.
9781611174861
Mobile River (Ala.) -- History.
Mobile River (Ala.) -- Description and travel.
Mobile River Region (Ala.) -- History, Local.
Electronic books.
F332.M67 S53 2015
976.1/22
The Mobile River. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (476 pages)
Intro -- Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Downriver with Cap'n Joe -- Introduction: "A fine, large river" -- Part 1. Coming Ahead -- 1. Indian Stream to Entrada Española -- 2. Colonial Days and Ways -- 3. American Dawn -- 4. Calliope Song -- 5. Rebel River -- 6. Rebel Defeat -- 7. "Mobile Harbor: What shall we do with it?" -- 8. Modern Port, Beleaguered River -- Part 2. Currents -- 9. "Everything down there's big enough to kill you" -- 10. Pleasure and Peril -- 11. Diverse Legacies -- Epilogue: Elegy for a Small Shipyard -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
A historical saga of the river and the colorful characters that inhabit its shores and basin.
9781611174861
Mobile River (Ala.) -- History.
Mobile River (Ala.) -- Description and travel.
Mobile River Region (Ala.) -- History, Local.
Electronic books.
F332.M67 S53 2015
976.1/22