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" ... when we consider the extent of the valley of the Mississippi ; nor are those formed from the sterile basins of the great rivers of Siberia, the lofty plateaus of Central Asia, or the mighty sweep of the swampy Amazon more adequate. Latitude, elevation,... "
Thieves of Mercy: A Novel of the Civil War at Sea - Page 9
by James L. Nelson - 2009 - 480 pages
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Life on the Mississippi

Mark Twain - Mississippi River - 1899 - 496 pages
...swampy Amazon more adequate. Latitude, elevation, and rainfall all combine to render every part of the Mississippi Valley capable of supporting a dense...civilized man it is by far the first upon our globe. — EDITOR'S TABLE, Harper's Magazint, February, 1863. CONTENTS CHAPTER I The Mississippi is Well worth...
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The Writings of Mark Twain: see Old Catalog -. 23. The man that corrupted ...

Mark Twain - 1901 - 506 pages
...swampy Amazon more adequate. Latitude, elevation, and rainfall all combine to render every part of the Mississippi Valley capable of supporting a dense...civilized man it is by far the first upon our globe. — EDITOR'S TABLE, Harper's Magazine, February, 1863. ILLUSTRATIONS PHO TOGRA VURES PORTRAIT, 1883...
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The Writings of Mark Twain, Volume 9

Mark Twain - American fiction - 1903 - 491 pages
...swampy Amazon more adequate. Latitude, elevation, and rainfall all combine to render every part of the Mississippi Valley capable of supporting a dense...civilized -man it is by far the first upon our globe. — EDITOR'S TABLE, Harper" s Magazine, February, 1863, ILLUSTRATIONS PORTRAIT 1883 HE SWORE AT THE...
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The Writings of Mark Twain, Volume 9

Mark Twain - Christian Science - 1903 - 500 pages
...swampy Amazon more adequate. Latitude, elevation, and rainfall all combine to render every part of the Mississippi Valley capable of supporting a dense...civilized man it is by far the first upon our globe.— EDITOR'S TABLE, Harper' s Magazine, February, 1863. ILLUSTRATIONS PHO TO GRA VURE PORTRAIT 1883 Frontispiece...
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The Writings of Mark Twain, Volume 9

Mark Twain - 1917 - 536 pages
...swampy Amazon more adequate. Latitude, elevation, and rainfall all combine to render every part of the Mississippi Valley capable of supporting a dense population. As a dwelling-place for civilised man it is by far the first upon our globe. — EDITOR'S TABLE, Harper's Magazine, February,...
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Life on the Mississippi

Mark Twain - Mississippi River - 1917 - 550 pages
...swampy Amazon more adequate. Latitude, elevation, and rainfall all combine to render every part of the Mississippi Valley capable of supporting a dense population. As a dwelling-place jor civilized man it is by far the first upon our globe.-~ EDITOR'S TABLE, Harper's Magazine, February,...
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Vertical Clearances of Bridges, Upper Mississippi and Sacramento Rivers ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Flood Control: Rivers and Harbors - Bridges - 1961 - 192 pages
...every part of the Mississippi Valley capable of supporting a dense population. As a dwelling place for civilized man it is by far the first upon our globe. (Editor's table, Harper's Magazine, February 1863) . STATEMENT OF DOSWELL GULLATT, APPEARING ON BEHALF...
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Mark Twain: Mississippi Writings (LOA #5): The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ...

Mark Twain - Fiction - 1982 - 1190 pages
...swampy Amazon more adequate. Latitude, elevation, and rainfall all combine to render even' part of the Mississippi Valley capable of supporting a dense...civilized man it is by far the first upon our globe. — EDITOR'S TABLE, Harper's Magazine, February, Contents. I • The Mississippi is Well worth Reading...
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The Midwest Floods of 1993: Flood Control and Floodplain Policy and ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment - Science - 1994 - 276 pages
...every part of the Mississippi Valley capable of supporting a dense population. As a dwelling place for civilized man, it is by far the first upon our globe." The knowledge put forth by Harper's and Mark Twain should not be forgotten as we deliberate here today...
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People's Lives, Public Images: The New Deal Documentary Aesthetic

Astrid Böger - Art - 2001 - 308 pages
...following year. 202 2.3.4. The River Latitude, elevation, and rainfall all combine to render every part of the Mississippi Valley capable of supporting a dense...civilized man it is by far the first upon our globe. - Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi1 When Pare Lorentz turned to Rexford Tugwell in 1936 after the...
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