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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455021703321

Autore

Willoughby Lynn <1951->

Titolo

Flowing through time [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the lower Chattahoochee River / / Lynn Willoughby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1999

ISBN

0-8173-8634-3

0-585-16416-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Chattahoochee Valley legacy series

Disciplina

975.8

Soggetti

Rivers - Chattahoochee River Valley - History

Electronic books.

Chattahoochee River History

Chattahoochee River Valley History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published in cooperation with the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and The Columbus Museum."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-224) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Ancients; 2. The Scramble for Muscogee; 3. Along the White Frontier; 4. A Land of Cotton; 5. The Civil War Years; 6. Moonlight and Magnolias; 7. Workin' the River; 8. The Business of Steamboating; 9. River Power; 10. Troubled Waters; 11. Will the Water Last?; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This handsome, illustrated book chronicles the history of the Lower Chattahoochee River and the people who lived along its banks from prehistoric Indian settlement to the present day.   In highly accessible, energetic prose, Lynn Willoughby takes readers down the Lower Chattahoochee River and through the centuries. On this journey, the author begins by examining the first encounters between Native Americans and European explorers and the international contest for control of the region in the 17th and 19th centuries.Throughout the book pays particular att