Wide rivers crossed : the South Platte and the Illinois of the American prairie /

In this book, the author tells the stories of two rivers - the South Platte on the western plains and the Illinois on the eastern - to represent the environmental history and historical transformation of major rivers across the American prairie. The author begins with the rivers' natural histor...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Wohl, Ellen E., 1962-
Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση:Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2013]
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Streams of the shortgrass prairie : the South Platte River basin. At the headwaters ; Onto the plains ; River metamorphosis ; What the future holds
  • Streams of the tallgrass prairie : the Illinois River basin. Natural history of the Illinois River ; Native Americans and the first European settlers ; Twentieth-century river metamorphosis ; What the future holds.