What the river carries
Subtitle: encounters with the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte
By: Lisa Knopp
Publisher: University Of Missouri Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Columbia, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780826219749
Subjects: Description and travel
Description: Interwoven essays on the physical and cultural geography of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte Rivers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-230).
Table of contents: title: The Mississippi : Catfish Bend; title: Painting the river; title: Mississippi harvest; title: Nauvoo, the beautiful place; title: Mound builders; title: What the river carries; title: The Missouri : point of departure; title: Little Dixie; title: The overlook; title: Missouri River music; title: The taking; title: Restorations; title: The Platte : the middle ground; title: No other river; title: Nine-mile prairie; title: Pawnee homecoming; title: Gone to the beets; title: Meanderings.