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Author:

Faldet, David S., 1956-

Title:

Oneota flow : the Upper Iowa River & its people / by David S. Faldet ; foreword by Wayne Franklin.

Publisher:

University of Iowa Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xi, 238 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Upper Iowa River (Minn. and Iowa)--History.
River life--Upper Iowa River (Minn. and Iowa)--History.
Upper Iowa River (Minn. and Iowa)--Social life and customs.
Upper Iowa River (Minn. and Iowa)--Biography.
Upper Iowa River (Minn. and Iowa)--Environmental conditions.
Natural resources--Upper Iowa River (Minn. and Iowa)
Human ecology--Upper Iowa River (Minn. and Iowa)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The smell of rain : where it starts -- The two names of the river : geological beginnings -- Big river in the Driftless : the Ice Age -- Roots and fire : 8,000-500 B.C.E. -- The old ones : 500 B.C.E.-1633 C.E. -- Unknown world : 1634-1832 -- We have never sold any country : 1833-1848 -- The great improvement : 1849-1869 -- Steam, wind and the powers of the earth : 1870-1918 -- Aiding the land : 1914-1945 -- The juice : 1946-1970 -- On the place by the river they raise children : 1971-2004.

Series:

American land & life series

ISBN:

1587297809 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781587297809 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)237010694

LCCN:

2008031470

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