The great river the making and unmaking of the Mississippi
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 re...
| Main Author: | Upholt, Boyce (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2024]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.