Downstream Toward Home: a Book of Rivers
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1. Verfasser: Houck, Oliver A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baton Rouge LSU Press 2014
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Beschreibung:COVER; CONTENTS; PRELUDE; Part I. EXPLORATIONS, 1954-1981; Egypt's Creek (New Jersey, 1954); Charles River (Massachusetts, 1957); Greenbrier River (West Virginia, 1970); Shenandoah River (Virginia, 1970); Juniper Springs (Florida, 1972); Big Sur River (California, 1973); Shuttles (West Virginia and Mississippi, 1970-1990); Great Falls of the Potomac (Maryland, 1974); Deerfield River (Vermont, 1974); Rock Creek (District of Columbia, 1975); Barren Grounds (Northwest Territories, 1976); Cache la Poudre (Colorado, 1977); Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (Maryland, 1978); Verde River (Arizona, 1978)
Blackwater River (West Virginia, 1979)Saint John River (Maine, 1981); INTERLUDE; Part II. SOUTH TOWARD HOME, 1981-2013; Atchafalaya River (Louisiana, 1982); Shell Bank Bayou (Louisiana, 1985); Rio Grande (Texas, 1986); Buffalo River (Arkansas, 1987); Horn Island (Mississippi, 1988); Horton River (Northwest Territories, 1993); Pearl River (Louisiana, 1993); Green River (Utah, 1994); Gila River (New Mexico, 1997); Bayou Sauvage (Louisiana, 2005); Deschutes River (Oregon, 2006); Old River (Mississippi, 2006); Red Creek (Mississippi, 2009); Bayou Sorrel (Louisiana, 2010)
Grande Ronde (Oregon and Washington, 2013)Wolf River (Mississippi, 2013); POSTLUDE; Acknowledgments; Leads and Resources; Sources
Rivers have played a remarkable role throughout our national history. The outcome of battles, the fate of pioneers, and the survival of early settlers were inextricable from the course and temperament of surrounding rivers. Depicted in songs, art, and fiction, these waterways found a place in the American psyche and continue to wind through the imaginations of modern adventurers. In Downstream Toward Home, Oliver A. Houck recounts his thrilling, meditative, and humorous experi-ences on these oft-neglected tributaries and streams. Spanning more than sixty years and exploring more than thirty-two
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ISBN:0807157465
0807157473
9780807157466
9780807157473

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