Author: Rebecca A. Brown
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584657651
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
A lavishly illustrated, comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of the natural and human elements that comprise the Upper Connecticut River watershed
Where the Great River Rises
Author: Rebecca A. Brown
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584657651
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
A lavishly illustrated, comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of the natural and human elements that comprise the Upper Connecticut River watershed
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584657651
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
A lavishly illustrated, comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of the natural and human elements that comprise the Upper Connecticut River watershed
River Rising
Author: Athol Dickson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780764203381
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
A well-crafted tale of secrets and evil lurking under the surface in the Mississippi river town of Pilotville, Louisiana, during the great flood of 1927.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780764203381
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
A well-crafted tale of secrets and evil lurking under the surface in the Mississippi river town of Pilotville, Louisiana, during the great flood of 1927.
Rising Tide
Author: John M. Barry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
The great Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
The great Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America.
Where the Crooked River Rises
Author: Ellen Waterston
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780870715921
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
"Ellen Waterston's new book is a slug of juniper air, a breath-taking view of a rough-edged land, as bracing and taut as October morningsùpart celebration, part elegy all love and the wisdom that grows from deep roots in basalt rock. Like Wallace Stegner and Ivan Doig, Waterston writes masterfully about what it meansùwhat it really means -to live in the West."-Kathleen Dean Moore, author of Wild Comfort There is an otherness to the high desert, something momentous and sacred in the purity of the silence. In this compelling collection of personal essays, award winning poet and author Ellen Waterston illuminates the people, places, and landscapes of central Oregon's vast high desert. In Where the Crooked River Rises, Waterston reveals the blessings and challenges of decades spent as a rancher and town resident in a place that has been, and remains, her touchstone and crucible. The high desert is Waterston's teacher, and she describes its lessons with grace and care, inviting readers to look at their own lives through a lens of wide-open spaces, sagebrush and juniper, pumice and rabbit blush.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780870715921
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
"Ellen Waterston's new book is a slug of juniper air, a breath-taking view of a rough-edged land, as bracing and taut as October morningsùpart celebration, part elegy all love and the wisdom that grows from deep roots in basalt rock. Like Wallace Stegner and Ivan Doig, Waterston writes masterfully about what it meansùwhat it really means -to live in the West."-Kathleen Dean Moore, author of Wild Comfort There is an otherness to the high desert, something momentous and sacred in the purity of the silence. In this compelling collection of personal essays, award winning poet and author Ellen Waterston illuminates the people, places, and landscapes of central Oregon's vast high desert. In Where the Crooked River Rises, Waterston reveals the blessings and challenges of decades spent as a rancher and town resident in a place that has been, and remains, her touchstone and crucible. The high desert is Waterston's teacher, and she describes its lessons with grace and care, inviting readers to look at their own lives through a lens of wide-open spaces, sagebrush and juniper, pumice and rabbit blush.
River Republic
Author: Daniel McCool
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231161301
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Daniel McCool chronicles the surging grassroots movement to bring America's rivers back to life and ensure they remain pristine for future generations. This book confirms the surprising news that America's rivers are indeed returning to a healthier, free-flowing condition. Through passion and dedication, ordinary people are reclaiming the American landscape, forming a nation-wide "river republic" of concerned citizens from all backgrounds and sectors of society. McCool profiles the individuals he calls "instigators," who initiated the fight for these waterways and have succeeded in the near-impossible task of challenging and changing the status quo. He ties the history, culture, and fate of America to its rivers and presents their restoration as a microcosm mirroring American beliefs, livelihoods, and an increasing awareness of our shared environmental fate.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231161301
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Daniel McCool chronicles the surging grassroots movement to bring America's rivers back to life and ensure they remain pristine for future generations. This book confirms the surprising news that America's rivers are indeed returning to a healthier, free-flowing condition. Through passion and dedication, ordinary people are reclaiming the American landscape, forming a nation-wide "river republic" of concerned citizens from all backgrounds and sectors of society. McCool profiles the individuals he calls "instigators," who initiated the fight for these waterways and have succeeded in the near-impossible task of challenging and changing the status quo. He ties the history, culture, and fate of America to its rivers and presents their restoration as a microcosm mirroring American beliefs, livelihoods, and an increasing awareness of our shared environmental fate.
Red River Rising
Author: Ashley Shelby
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 9780873515009
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The gripping, true-life story of one of the most destructive floods in U.S. history and its effect on one city and its citizens.
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 9780873515009
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The gripping, true-life story of one of the most destructive floods in U.S. history and its effect on one city and its citizens.
A Single Pebble
Author: John Hersey
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0394756975
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A young American engineer sent to China to inspect the unruly Yangtze River travels up through the river's gorges searching for dam sites. Pulled on a junk hauled by forty-odd trackers, he is carried, too, into the settled, ancient way of life of the people of the Yangtze -- until the interplay of his life with theirs comes to a dramatic climax.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0394756975
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A young American engineer sent to China to inspect the unruly Yangtze River travels up through the river's gorges searching for dam sites. Pulled on a junk hauled by forty-odd trackers, he is carried, too, into the settled, ancient way of life of the people of the Yangtze -- until the interplay of his life with theirs comes to a dramatic climax.
The East India Gazetteer
Author: Walter Hamilton (M.R.A.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1964. Hearings ... 88-2
Author: United States. Congress. House. Public Works
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives ...
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 1606
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 1606
Book Description