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Author:

Knopp, Lisa, 1956-

Title:

What the river carries : encounters with the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte / Lisa Knopp.

Publisher:

University Of Missouri Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xiv, 230 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Mississippi River--Description and travel.
Mississippi River Valley--Description and travel.
Missouri River Valley--Description and travel.
Platte River (Neb.)--Description and travel.
Great Plains--Description and travel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-230).

Contents:

The Mississippi : Catfish Bend -- Painting the river -- Mississippi harvest -- Nauvoo, the beautiful place -- Mound builders -- What the river carries -- The Missouri : point of departure -- Little Dixie -- The overlook -- Missouri River music -- The taking -- Restorations -- The Platte : the middle ground -- No other river -- Nine-mile prairie -- Pawnee homecoming -- Gone to the beets -- Meanderings.

Summary:

Interwoven essays on the physical and cultural geography of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte Rivers.

ISBN:

9780826219749
0826219748

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)