The great river: the making and unmaking of the Mississippi

Introduction: A most magnificent spectacle

Part I: Alluvial chronicles. Searching for a river ; Tomahawk claims ; Cosmic river

Part II: American river. Half horse, half alligator ; The Office of River Improvement ; Dancing at the skirts of Congress ; That big green wall ; The great flood

Part III: The unmade Mississippi. ; Hooked up, hard down ; Death alley ; The great unraveling ; Beautiful country

Epilogue: The water of the future.