The Green River of Kentucky / / Helen Bartter Crocker
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| Autore: |
Crocker Helen Bartter
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| Titolo: |
The Green River of Kentucky / / Helen Bartter Crocker
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| Pubblicazione: | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 |
| ©1976 | |
| Edizione: | Paperback edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (125 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 976.9/8 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Green River Valley (Ky.) History |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Pioneer Settlements, 1780-1830; 2 Kentucky Improves the Wild River, 1833-1868; 3 The Monarchs of Green River, 1868-1888; 4 The Final Steamboat Era, 1888-1931; 5 Coal, Flood Control, and the Environmentalists, 1931-1975; Photo Section; Notes; A Note to Readers |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Cutting a wide east-west swath from the Appalachian foothills to the heart of the western Kentucky coalfields, the Green River valley extends from below the Tennessee border in the south to the Ohio River in the north. The Green River of Kentucky presents a picture of the unity and diversity of the people living in the Green River valley.Helen Bartter Crocker finds that each generation of its people approached the river in a distinctive way. Early settlers used the river simply as it was -- crooked and narrow with an unpredictable water flow, and navigable only under high-water conditions. Th |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Green River of Kentucky |
| ISBN: | 0-8131-8902-0 |
| 0-8131-5030-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807602603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Kentucky Bicentennial bookshelf.