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Mark Twain And The Queens Of The Mississippi

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We enjoyed the way this book took us on a journey through time. "Mark Twain and the Queens of the Mississippi" carried us from the village of Cahokia to our modern time. We were intrigued by the historical details given in the form of graphs, charts, diagrams, and factual information. Harness vividly outlined the advances in our technology. We liked the realistic descriptions given in the book. The detailed descriptions did tend to slow down the reader's attention at times. It was rather emotional reading about tragedies that have happened in our countries history. These events may be disturbing to some readers. The pictures in the book were realistic, artistic, breathtaking, disturbing, and colorful. The artwork contributed powerful meaning to the story. The illustrations helped readers understand the details and language of the story. We recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about the Mississippi River, steamboats, or Mark Twain. Mrs. Scott's 7th period sixth grade reading class rates this book with 4 stars. Please read this book and enjoy the wonderful illustrations.

I am (the state of) of Mississippi bound, in retirement, in remarriage. I was suppose to read Mark Twain when I was school aged but like many, gave up reading because I could not master the lingo. I am now experiencing my own "crash course" in what I "missed out" on when it was expected of me. The first time I saw the Mississippi river was during the 1966 airline strike when we went to Houston, Texas via train and crossed the river at St. Louis. At the age of 12, I was more excited about the "arch" than the river, growing up in the vicinity of The Hudson River, The Delaware River, and Schuylkill River I took for granted its majesty. I got to view it once again, just prior to "Katrina" the same year as, when I flew to Tunica, Ms., and saw it at Memphis. I have been flying over it regularly since Christmastime 2008 and appreciate it even more as my future brothers-in-law are Captains aboard tug/barges! When my fiancee took me to New Orleans, got to see The Natchez. This is not suppose to be about me, but the book, but I wanted to share with a perspective buyer of this book, my "background" as to why the "draw" to this book. I have perused many a book being a Children's Librarian, and I must say, the artwork and the diagrams in this book are excellent. It is written equally as well. I suggest it as a supplement and required reading BEFORE someone reads any of Samuel Clements/Mark Twain's writings as it would be most helpful and may entreat a student as I was, to give the writings a
chance! If this book would help one student, it is not in vain!