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Author:

Upholt, Boyce, author.

Title:

The great river [Book] : the making and unmaking of the Mississippi / Boyce Upholt.

Format:

[Book] :

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2024

Description:

330 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Natural history--Mississippi River.
Flood control--Mississippi River--History.
Mississippi River--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-312) and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

In this landmark work of natural history, a journalist tells the epic story of the Mississippi River and the centuries of efforts to control it, which have damaged its once-vibrant ecosystems, carrying readers along the river's last remaining backchannels and exploring how scientists hope to restore what has been lost.

ISBN:

0393867870
9780393867879

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1436038757

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SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

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