1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786943903321

Autore

Lane John <1954->

Titolo

Chattooga [[electronic resource] ] : descending into the myth of Deliverance river / / John Lane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2004

ISBN

0-8203-4622-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

917.5

Soggetti

Natural history - Chattooga River Region (N.C.-Ga. and S.C.)

Chattooga River (N.C.-Ga. and S.C.) History

Chattooga River (N.C.-Ga. and S.C.) Description and travel

Chattooga River Region (N.C.-Ga. and S.C.) History

Chattooga River Region (N.C.-Ga. and S.C.) Description and travel

Chattooga River Region (N.C.-Ga. and S.C.) Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

University of Georgia Press paperback edition, 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-210).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; The Myth of the Chattooga; Headwaters; Chasing Deliverance; The Wilderness Upstream; Trail Mind; Easy Water; Pilley's Perfect River; The Narrows; Approaching the Bull; The Business of White Water; Bibliographic Note

Sommario/riassunto

Before the novel and the film Deliverance appeared in the early 1970's, any outsiders one met along the Chattooga River were likely serious canoeists or anglers. In later years, untold numbers and kinds of people have felt the draw of the river's torrents, which pour down the Appalachians along the Georgia-South Carolina border. Because of Deliverance the Chattooga looms enigmatically in our shared imagination, as iconic as Twain's Mississippi--or maybe Conrad's Congo. This is John Lane's search for the real Chattooga--for the truths that reside somewhere in the river's rapids, along its shores



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910808900503321

Autore

Hall Matthew W. <1945->

Titolo

Dividing the union : Jesse Burgess Thomas and the making of the Missouri Compromise / / Matthew W. Hall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-8093-3457-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Disciplina

328.73/092

B

Soggetti

Legislators - United States

Missouri compromise

Slavery - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century

United States Politics and government 1815-1861

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 (pages 245-256) and index.

Nota di contenuto

From Maryland to Kentucky: first steps toward Egypt -- The Northwest Territory: organizing an expanding nation -- In the shadow of slavery -- The next slippery rung on the political ladder -- Into the fray in Illinois -- Gathering forces -- The political divide -- Illinois statehood -- First months in the U.S. Senate -- The Missouri Compromise: maneuvering for position -- The Missouri Compromise: the final struggle -- The aftermath -- The perspective of Ohio -- A rest to the people of God.