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02564cam a22003493 4500 001 AAD4E60840C011DF814D4D3DA8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20100405092921 008 090604r20092007nyuabch b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780307389848 (pbk.) 020 $a 0307389847 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)370610558 040 $a YDXCP $c YDXCP $d SILO $d SNM $d IOK $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-en 100 1 $a Ackroyd, Peter, $d 1949- 245 1 $a Thames : $b the biography / $c Peter Ackroyd. 250 $a 1st Anchor Books ed. 260 $a New York : $b Anchor, $c 2009. 300 $a xvi, 481 p., [32] p. of plates : $b ill. (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.), facs. (some col.) ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The mirror of history -- The river as fact -- The river as metaphor -- The time of the river -- Father Thames -- Baptism -- The river of stone -- Birth -- Issuing forth -- The tributes -- Beginnings -- In the beginning -- The sacred lines -- The Battle of the Thames -- The sacred river -- Holy river -- Saints of the river -- Hail Holy River, Mother of Grace -- The ruins -- Liquid history -- Elemental and equal -- The waters of life -- The leveller -- The working river -- River boat -- The bridges of contentment and the tunnels of darkness -- River law -- The criminal element -- The workers of the river -- The natives -- 505 0 $a The river of trade -- The trade of the world -- The river of immensity -- Steam and speed -- The natural river -- "Hey ho, the wind and the rain" -- The ancient trees -- "And after many a summer dies the swan" -- A stream of pleasure -- Drink your fill -- Going up the river -- Gardens of delight -- Filthy river -- "All alive! Alive! Alive, O!" -- The healing spring -- The healing water -- The light of the Thames -- The river of art -- Thames art -- The words of the river -- The song of the river -- Shadows and depths -- River dreams -- Legends of the river -- The river of death -- The offerings -- Head of the river -- The river of death -- The river's end -- Downriver. 586 $a Public Library Core Collection 651 0 $a Thames River (England) $x History. 651 0 $a London (England) $x History. 856 42 $z Additional Information at Google Books $u http://books.google.com/books?isbn=0307389847 941 $a 3 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204055740.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110041453.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20100405124234.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AAD4E60840C011DF814D4D3DA8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOKInitiate Another SILO Locator Search