The great river
the making and unmaking of the Mississippi
The great river
the making and unmaking of the Mississippi
Book - 2024
In this landmark work of natural history, a journalist tells the epic story of the Mississippi River and the centuries of efforts to control it, which have damaged its once-vibrant ecosystems, carrying readers along the river's last remaining backchannels and exploring how scientists hope to restore what has been lost.
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| 37413322158876 | متاح | Non-fiction | 508.77 UPHOLT |
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| التنسيق: | كتاب |
| اللغة: | English |
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New York, NY :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2024]
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| الطبعة: | First edition. |
| الموضوعات: |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The great river : |b the making and unmaking of the Mississippi / |c Boyce Upholt. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b W.W. Norton & Company, |c [2024] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2024 | |
| 300 | |a [xiii], 330 pages : |b illustrations, maps ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-312) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: A most magnificent spectacle -- Part I: Alluvial chronicles. Searching for a river -- Tomahawk claims -- Cosmic river -- Part II: American river. Half horse, half alligator -- The Office of River Improvement -- Dancing at the skirts of Congress -- That big green wall -- The great flood -- Part III: The unmade Mississippi. Hooked up, hard down -- Death alley -- The great unraveling -- Beautiful country -- Epilogue: The water of the future. | |
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