What the river carries : encounters with the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte

What the river carries Encounters with the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte

Lisa Knopp, 1956-

Book - 2012

Interwoven essays on the physical and cultural geography of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte Rivers.

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Subjects
Great Plains > Description and travel.
Mississippi River > Description and travel.
Mississippi River Valley > Description and travel.
Missouri River Valley > Description and travel.
Platte River (Neb.) > Description and travel.
Published
Columbia, Mo. : University Of Missouri Press c2012.
Language
English
Main Author
Lisa Knopp, 1956- (-)
Physical Description
xiv, 230 p. ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-230).
ISBN
9780826219749
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I. The Mississippi
  • 1. Catfish Bend
  • 2. Painting the River
  • 3. Mississippi Harvest
  • 4. Nauvoo, the Beautiful Place
  • 5. Mound Builders
  • 6. What the River Carries
  • Part II. The Missouri
  • 7. Point of Departure
  • 8. Little Dixie
  • 9. The Overlook
  • 10. Missouri River Music
  • 11. The Taking
  • 12. Restorations
  • Part III. The Platte
  • 13. The Middle Ground
  • 14. No Other River
  • 15. Nine-Mile Prairie
  • 16. Pawnee Homecoming
  • 17. Gone to the Beets
  • 18. Meanderings
  • Works Cited and Consulted

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