Wide Rivers Crossed : The South Platte and the Illinois of the American Prairie.
Title:
Wide Rivers Crossed : The South Platte and the Illinois of the American Prairie.
Author:
Wohl, Ellen E.
ISBN:
9781607322313
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (353 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Prologue -- Part 1: Streams of the Shortgrass Prairie: The South Platte River Basin -- 1. At the Headwaters -- 2. Onto the Plains -- 3. River Metamorphosis -- 4. What the Future Holds -- Part 2: Streams of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Illinois River Basin -- 5. Natural History of the Illinois River -- 6. Native Americans and the First European Settlers -- 7. Twentieth-Century River Metamorphosis -- 8. What the Future Holds -- Epilogue -- English-Metric Unit Conversions -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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