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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462106903321

Autore

Knopp Lisa <1956->

Titolo

What the river carries [[electronic resource] ] : encounters with the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte / / Lisa Knopp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, MO, : University Of Missouri Press, c2012

ISBN

0-8262-7276-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

917.8

Soggetti

Rivers - History

Electronic books.

Mississippi River Description and travel

Mississippi River Valley Description and travel

Missouri River Valley Description and travel

Platte River (Neb.) Description and travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-230).

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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