If you want to truly get your arms around the history and lore of the Mississippi River and its charm and mystique then you may want to tap into a few of the following books that cover the river running backwards to the ecological changes witnessed over time. Enjoy!Wicked River: The Mississippi When It Last Ran Wild (Lee Sandlin) is considered a “grand epic” that portrays a forgotten society on the edge of revolutionary change by taking a 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 nineteenth century.Immortal River: The Upper Mississippi in Ancient and Modern Times (Calvin R. Fremling) is a well-illustrated primer to the Upper Mississippi River and presents the basic natural and human history of this magnificent waterway. It’s written for the educated lay-person who would like to know more about the river’s history and the forces that shape as well as threaten it today. It melds complex information from the fields of (more…)