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Title:

Grand excursions on the upper Mississippi River : places, landscapes, and regional identity after 1854 / edited by Curtis C. Roseman and Elizabeth M. Roseman.

Publisher:

University of Iowa Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xiv, 252 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Mississippi River--Description and travel.
Mississippi River Valley--Description and travel.
Mississippi River Valley--History--1803-1865.
Mississippi River Valley--History, Local.
Landscape--Mississippi River Valley--History.
Regionalism--Mississippi River Valley--History.

Other Authors:

Roseman, Curtis C.
Roseman, Elizabeth M. (Elizabeth Mercer), 1948-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-235) and index.

Contents:

Where nature smiles three hundred miles : rail travel along the river / Jeff Crump. Building a mighty fine line : the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad / Roald D. Tweet -- Grand Excursion of 1854 / William J. Petersen -- East looks at the West / Susan R. Brooker-Gross -- Steaming up the river / Edwin L. Hill -- Picturesque Mississippi / Patrick Nunnally -- Towns to visit : sights (sites) to see / John A. Jakle -- Where nature smiles three hundred miles : rail travel along the river / Jeff Crump.
Renewals and reinventions : river towns on the Upper Mississippi / Norman Moline, Charles Mahaffey. Preservation and management of the river's natural resources / Gary C. Meyer -- River of logs / Gayle Rein -- Fishing the father of waters / Malcolm L. Comeaux -- Renewals and reinventions : river towns on the Upper Mississippi / Norman Moline, Charles Mahaffey.

Series:

A bur oak book

ISBN:

9780877458845 (acid-free paper)
0877458847 (acid-free paper)
9780877458852 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0877458855 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)53285189

LCCN:

2003066341

Locations:

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

Z7OX851 -- Library (Ames)

ORAX826 -- Scott Community College (Bettendorf)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

IAOX771 -- State Library of Iowa (Des Moines)

E7OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

F3OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Iowa City)

VSPC034 -- Meehan Memorial Lansing Public Library (Lansing)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

FQPC224 -- Strawberry Point Public Library (Strawberry Point)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)