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

• Autore: Willoughby Lynn <1951->
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 975.8
• Soggetto topico: Rivers - Chattahoochee River Valley - History
• Soggetto geografico: Chattahoochee River History; Chattahoochee River Valley History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Flowing through time
• ISBN: 0-8173-8634-3; 0-585-16416-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455021703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II