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The great river: the making and unmaking of the Mississippi
The great river: the making and unmaking of the Mississippi
Author
Upholt, Boyce
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Publication Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Show Edition
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Sequim - Nonfiction (Adult)
508.77 UPHOLT
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Subjects
Subjects
Flood control
Flood control -- Mississippi River -- History
History
Local histories
Mississippi River -- History
Natural history
Natural history -- Mississippi River
Table of Contents
From the Book - First edition.
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.
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9780393867879
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