... 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 9by James L. Nelson - 2009 - 480 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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