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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
does not date well,
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This review is from: Tales of the Mississippi (Hardcover)
I was expecting a book about life along the Mississippi. Nope.
This is a book mainly about the steamboats and other craft that plied the Mississippi River. It was written in 1955 by three white guys and you'll howl when you read their bios on the back cover. Ray Samuel is from Mississippi plantation stock. Warren Ogden, as with Samuel, wrote for the New Orleans Times-Picayune and edited some magazine called Dixie. Leonard Huber was a businessman who was an authority on postage stamps of the Deep South. Back in 1955 things sure were different, eh. The book does have some fantastic illustrations and old 1800 and early 1900s photographs but, honestly, don't waste a cent buying this. There's no deep insight to the life and times of the past along the river. The stories read more like something you'd find in, well, magazines of the 1950s. It's Americana, I guess, but I just found the angles all writers took were just too matter-of-fact. |
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Tales of The Mississippi by Ray Samuel (Paperback - July 31, 1992)
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