Wicked River

Wicked RiverBy: Lee Sandlin A riveting narrative look at one of the most colorful, dangerous, and peculiar places in America's historical landscape: the strange, wonderful, and mysterious Mississippi River of the 19th century. Beginning in the early 1800s and climaxing with the siege of Vicksburg in 1863, Wicked River brings to life a place where river pirates brushed elbows with future presidents and religious visionaries shared passage with thieves. Here is a

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By: Alexander Pushkin     Prose writings from one of Russia's greatest poets

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By: Yiyun Li  In luminous prose

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