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The Mississippi River occupies a sacred place in American culture and mythology. Often called The Father of Rivers, it winds through American life in equal measure as a symbol and as a topographic feature. To the people who know it best, the river is life and a livelihood. River boatmen working the wide Mississippi are never far from land. Even in the dark, they can smell plants and animals and hear people on the banks and wharves. Bonnie Stepenoff takes readers on a cruise through history, showing how workers from St. Louis to Memphis changed the river and were in turn changed by it. Each chapter of this fast-moving narrative focuses on representative workers: captains and pilots, gamblers and musicians, cooks and craftsmen. Readers will find workers who are themselves part of the country's mythology from Mark Twain and anti-slavery crusader William Wells Brown to musicians Fate Marable and Louis Armstrong.

River life --- Outdoor life --- Boat living --- History. --- North America --- Mississippi River --- Description and travel. --- History

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"A twenty-first-century perspective of the Mississippi River's environmental, industrial, and recreational qualities viewed through stories and photographs reflecting the lives of those who live and work in its vicinity. Fischer's storytelling explores the struggle between engineers and naturalists, the effects of Hurricane Katrina, and her own immersion into river life"--Provided by publisher.

River life --- Outdoor life --- Boat living --- Fischer, Katherine, --- Mississippi River --- Mississippi River Region --- Description and travel. --- Environmental conditions. --- Social life and customs.

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French literature (outside France) --- Waterways --- Boat living --- Voies navigables --- Vie à bord d'un bateau --- Simenon, Georges, --- Journeys --- France --- Description and travel. --- Descriptions et voyages --- Vie à bord d'un bateau --- Récit autobiographique

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Brigands and robbers --- River life --- Outdoor life --- Boat living --- Bandits --- Banditti --- Highwaymen --- Robbers --- Thieves --- Outlaws --- Rogues and vagabonds --- History. --- Cave in Rock (Ill.) --- Mississippi River Valley --- Ohio River Valley --- Natchez Trace

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En 1885, Jules Verne écrivait dans L'île à hélice : "Qui sait si la Terre ne sera pas trop petite un jour pour ses habitants dont le nombre doit atteindre six milliards en 2072. [...] Et ne faudra-t-il pas bâtir sur la mer, alors que les continents seront encombrés ?" L'architecture de demain sera-t-elle aquatique ? Maisons sur pilotis ? Extensions gagnées sur la mer ? Îles artificielles ? Maisons et villes flottantes ?... Certains territoires comme Singapour, Hong Kong, Macao, Monaco, Dubaï, Abu Dhabi, Koweit sont confrontés à la double pression de la démographie et du développement économique. Le manque d'espace les pousse à s'emparer de milliers d'hectares sur la mer. En parallèle, sous l'effet du réchauffement climatique, la montée des océans menace des terres émergées comme aux Pays Bas où la tendance est de rendre de l'espace à la mer... Les premières maisons flottantes invitent les Néerlandais à vivre sur l'eau, avec l'eau, au lieu de chercher à repousser constamment les flots. Terres émergées/Terres immergées... Espaces rendus à la mer/Espaces bâtis sur les eaux... Notre avenir est intimement Lié à l'eau : notre source de vie, de rêve, de liberté.

Dwellings. --- Architecture, Domestic. --- Offshore structures --- Boat living. --- Houseboats. --- Habitations --- Architecture domestique --- Structures offshore --- Vie à bord d'un bateau --- Bateaux-maisons --- Habitat --- Maison individuelle --- Architecture mobile --- Architecture marginale --- Architecture flottante --- Dwellings --- Architecture, Domestic --- Boat living --- Houseboats --- Architecture de loisirs --- Architecture évolutive --- Architecture futuriste --- Architecture immergée --- Architecture navale --- Architecture submergée --- Eau --- Habitat expérimental --- Habitat sous-marin --- Utopie architecturale --- Habitations sur pilotis --- Bateaux-logements --- Architecture vernaculaire --- Vie à bord d'un bateau --- Habitations sur pilotis. --- Architecture vernaculaire.