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What the river carries : encounters with the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte / Lisa Knopp.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Knopp, Lisa, 1956-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Rivers--History.
Rivers.
Mississippi River--Description and travel.
Mississippi River.
Mississippi River Valley--Description and travel.
Mississippi River Valley.
Missouri River Valley--Description and travel.
Missouri River Valley.
Platte River (Neb.)--Description and travel.
Platte River (Neb.).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (248 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Columbia, MO : University Of Missouri Press, c2012.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Interwoven essays on the physical and cultural geography of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte Rivers.
Contents:
The Mississippi : Catfish Bend
Painting the river
Mississippi harvest
Nauvoo, the beautiful place
Mound builders
What the river carries
The Missouri : point of departure
Little Dixie
The overlook
Missouri River music
The taking
Restorations
The Platte : the middle ground
No other river
Nine-mile prairie
Pawnee homecoming
Gone to the beets
Meanderings.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-230).
ISBN:
9780826272768
0826272762
OCLC:
868217797

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