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UNINA9910461155003321 |
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Autore |
Madson John |
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Titolo |
Up on the river [[electronic resource] /] / by John Madson ; illustrations by Dycie Madson |
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Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2011 |
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[1st University of Iowa Press ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (285 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Canoes and canoeing - Mississippi River |
Johnboats - Mississippi River |
Natural history - Mississippi River |
River life - Mississippi River |
Stream ecology - Mississippi River |
Electronic books. |
Mississippi River Region History, Local |
Mississippi River Description and travel |
Mississippi River Environmental conditions |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: New York : Nick Lyon Books : Schocken Books, 1985. |
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Prologue: Between the Saints; 1. The Old River; 2. Shell Game; 3. John L. Grindle and Associates; 4. River Year; 5. A Gathering of River Rats; 6. Deus ex Machina |
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Up on the River is John Madson's loving and often hilarious tribute to the people, animal life, and places of the Upper Mississippi. Madson's Upper Mississippi is the part "between the saints," from St. Louis to St. Paul, and where for thirty years he explored the bright waters of the upper reaches of the mighty river itself as well as the tangled multitude of sloughs, cuts, and side channels that wander through its wooded islands and floodplain forests. "Some of my best time on the River has been in the company of game wardens, biologists, commercial |
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Record Nr. |
UNINA9910715823103321 |
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Titolo |
Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1862 |
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[Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1863 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (446 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables |
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Mis. doc. / 37th Congress, 3rd session. House ; ; no. 25 |
[United States congressional serial set ] ; ; [serial no. 1172] |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BacheA. D <1806-1867.> (Alexander Dallas) |
BarnardFrederick A. P <1809-1889.> (Frederick Augustus Porter) |
FlourensP <1794-1867.> (Pierre) |
HerschelJohn F. W <1792-1871.> (John Frederick William) |
LesleyJ. P <1819-1903.> (J. Peter) |
LubbockJohn, Sir. |
MorlotA <1820-1867.> (Adolphe) |
PhipsonT. L <1833-1908.> (Thomas Lamb) |
QuatrefagesA. de (Armand) |
RiedAquinas |
WilsonDaniel |
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Archaeology |
Atomic theory |
Civil engineering |
Discoveries in geography |
Ethnology |
Financial statements |
Human remains (Archaeology) |
Learned institutions and societies |
Light |
Management |
Meteorological stations |
Meteorology |
Weather forecasting |
Physics |
Research |
Legislative materials. |
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Account of human remains from Patagonia, by A. Ried, p. 426. |
An introductory lecture to the study of high antiquity, by A. Morlot, follows p. 302. |
Eulogy for Hon. James A. Pearce, of Maryland, United States senator, one of the regents of the Smithsonian Institution, follows p. 99. |
General appendix to the Report for 1862 follows p. 103. |
Historical sketch of the Academy of Sciences of Paris, by M. Flourens, follows p. 336. |
Index follows p. 440. |
Index to Lectures on the undulatory theory follows p. 231. |
Journal of the proceedings of the Board of Regents follows p. 77. |
Lectures on the undulatory theory of light, by F.A.P. Barnard, precedes p. 108. |
Lectures: Physical ethnology, by Daniel Wilson, follows p. 239. |
List of meteorological stations and observers of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1862 follows p. 61. |
Memoir of Leopold Von Buch, by M. Flourens, follows p. 357. |
Memoir of Louis Jacques Thenard, by M. Flourens, follows p. 372. |
Memoir of M. Isidore Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, by M. de Quatrefages, follows p. 383. |
North American archaeology, by John Lubbock, p. 318. |
On atoms, by John Herschel, p. 413. |
On the classification of books, by J.P. Lesley, p. 416. |
Report of the Executive Committee follows p. 74. |
Report of the Secretary follows p. 12. |
Table of contents follows p. 438. |
The catalytic force, or studies on the phenomena of contact: A prize memoir, by T.L. Phipson, p. 413. |
Batch processed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes. |
FDLP item number not assigned. |
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