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02019aam a2200361 i 4500 001 B3EC345A249311EF93C4C5BD23ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240607010343 008 240605t20242024nyuab e b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0393867870 020 $a 9780393867879 035 $a (OCoLC)1436038757 040 $a IMmBT $b eng $c JBO $e rda $d OCO $d LE@ $d OCLCO $d IMT $d SILO 043 $a n-usm-- 082 04 $a 508.77 $2 23/eng/20240304 084 $a 508.77 $b UPH 100 1 $a Upholt, Boyce, $e author. 245 14 $a The great river $h [Book] : $b the making and unmaking of the Mississippi / $c Boyce Upholt. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b W.W. Norton & Company, $c [2024]. 300 $a 330 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm. 365 $a 01 $b 35.00 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-312) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a 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. 650 0 $a Natural history $z Mississippi River. 650 0 $a Flood control $z Mississippi River $x History. 651 0 $a Mississippi River $x History. 941 $a 2 952 $l NEPC953 $d 20240610130335.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20240607010609.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B3EC345A249311EF93C4C5BD23ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search