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Great River of the West

Author : Professor of History William L Lang
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 9780295802763
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Great River of the West written by Professor of History William L Lang and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Pacific Northwest, the river of dominance is the Columbia, and in ways both profound and mundane its history is the history of the region. In Great River of the West historians and anthropologists consider a range of topics about the river, from Indian rock art, Chinook Jargon, and ethnobotany on the Columbia to literary and family history, the creation of an engineered river, and the inherent mythic power of place. Since first contact between Euro-Americans and Native peoples during the late 18th century, the river's history has been characterized by dramatic demographic, social, and economic changes. The remarkable set of essays in Great River of the West investigate these changes by highlighting important episodes in the history of the river. Readers meet mariners who challenge the Columbia River bar, a family torn by insanity, Native people who preserve fishing traditions, and dam-builders who radically change the Columbia.

Run, River, Run

Author : Ann Zwinger
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816548234
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Run, River, Run written by Ann Zwinger and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Green River runs wild, free and vigourous from southern Wyoming to northeastern Utah. Edward Abbey wrote in these pages in 1975 that Anne Zwinger's account of the Green River and its subtle forms of life and nonlife may be taken as authoritative. 'Run, River, Run,' should serve as a standard reference work on this part of the American West for many years to come." —New York Times Book Review

Where the Great River Bends

Author : Michael E. Denny
Publisher : Keokee Company Pub Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781879628328
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (283 download)

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Download or read book Where the Great River Bends written by Michael E. Denny and published by Keokee Company Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable place where geography has defined history, Wallula Gap is that narrowing of the mighty Columbia River halfway between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. In this book, Bob Carson and his colleagues tell a fascinating story ¿ of a striking land where the forces of geology worked on a spectacular scale, of a desert oasis where Native Americans, explorers, fur traders, promoters and entrepreneurs, and modern-day agriculturalists and wind farmers have all made their mark. Through the prism of Wallula, the historic gateway to the Columbia Plateau, readers learn much about the region.

Great River of the West: the Columbia River

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (959 download)

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Download or read book Great River of the West: the Columbia River written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Great River

Author : Wadsworth Atheneum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great River written by Wadsworth Atheneum and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Great River

Author : Paul Horgan
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819573604
Total Pages : 1041 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Great River written by Paul Horgan and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 1041 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pulitzer Prize– and Bancroft Prize–winning epic history of the American Southwest from the acclaimed twentieth-century author of Lamy of Santa Fe. Great River was hailed as a literary masterpiece and enduring classic when it first appeared in 1954. It is an epic history of four civilizations—Native American, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American—that people the Southwest through ten centuries. With the skill of a novelist, the veracity of a scholar, and the love of a long-time resident, Paul Horgan describes the Rio Grande, its role in human history, and the overlapping cultures that have grown up alongside it or entered into conflict over the land it traverses. Now in its fourth revised edition, Great River remains a monumental part of American historical writing. “Here is known and unknown history, emotion and color, sense and sensitivity, battles for land and the soul of man, cultures and moods, fused by a glowing pen and a scholarly mind into a cohesive and memorable whole.” —The Boston Sunday Herald “Transcends regional history and soars far above the river valley with which it deals . . . a survey, rich in color and fascinating in pictorial detail, of four civilizations: the aboriginal Indian, the Spanish, the Mexican, and the Anglo-American . . . It is, in the best sense of the word, literature. It has architectural plan, scholarly accuracy, stylistic distinction, and not infrequently real nobility of spirit.” —Allan Nevins, author of Ordeal of the Union “One of the major masterpieces of American historical writing.” —Carl Carmer, author of Stars Fell on Alabama

Great River of the West (DVD).

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (959 download)

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Download or read book Great River of the West (DVD). written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

River Basins of the American West

Author : Char Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780870715747
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book River Basins of the American West written by Char Miller and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Examining water issues through the lens of major Western U.S. watersheds, River Basins of the American West explores why water has been, and remains, the West's most essential and controversial subject." "Char Miller has organized writings collected from the pages of High Country News, the voice of Western environmental issues, into sections defined by the great watersheds of the West. Arguably, these drainage systems form the real boundaries of the West, and current water conflicts have their roots in development that ignored this reality." "Contributors to this book - among them activists, scholars, scientists, and some of the nation's finest environmental journalists - probe the intense differences and disagreements over water rights across the West, and present the positive developments toward a lasting solution to the most fraught issue the West faces." --Book Jacket.

River of Promise

Author : David L. Nicandri
Publisher : Washington State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780874224153
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (241 download)

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Download or read book River of Promise written by David L. Nicandri and published by Washington State University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: River of Promise focuses on often-overlooked yet essential aspects of the Lewis and Clark expedition: locating the headwaters of the Columbia and a water route to the Pacific Ocean; William Clark¿s role as the partnership¿s primary geographic problem-solver; and the contributions of Indian leaders in Columbia River country. The volume also offers comparisons to other explorers and a provocative analysis of Lewis¿s 1809 suicide. Originally published by The Dakota Institute in 2010.

River of Memory

Author : William D. Layman
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book River of Memory written by William D. Layman and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "River of Memory honors a place and time now gone from view. It restores an unfettered Columbia through more than ninety historical photographs that capture the river as it once appeared. This visual record is complemented with the words of early explorers, surveyors, and naturalists who wrote about specific places along the river and with new works by contemporary American and Canadian writers and poets."--Jacket.

A River Running West

Author : Donald Worster
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195156355
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (563 download)

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Download or read book A River Running West written by Donald Worster and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is a magisterial account of John Wesley Powell, the great American explorer and environmental pioneer. It tells the true story of undaunted courage in the American West.

Jefferson's America

Author : Julie M. Fenster
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307956547
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Jefferson's America written by Julie M. Fenster and published by Crown. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The surprising story of how Thomas Jefferson commanded an unrivaled age of American exploration—and in presiding over that era of discovery, forged a great nation. At the dawn of the nineteenth century, as Britain, France, Spain, and the United States all jockeyed for control of the vast expanses west of the Mississippi River, the stakes for American expansion were incalculably high. Even after the American purchase of the Louisiana Territory, Spain still coveted that land and was prepared to employ any means to retain it. With war expected at any moment, Jefferson played a game of strategy, putting on the ground the only Americans he could: a cadre of explorers who finally annexed it through courageous investigation. Responsible for orchestrating the American push into the continent was President Thomas Jefferson. He most famously recruited Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who led the Corps of Discovery to the Pacific, but at the same time there were other teams who did the same work, in places where it was even more crucial. William Dunbar, George Hunter, Thomas Freeman, Peter Custis, and the dauntless Zebulon Pike—all were dispatched on urgent missions to map the frontier and keep up a steady correspondence with Washington about their findings. But they weren’t always well-matched—with each other and certainly not with a Spanish army of a thousand soldiers or more. These tensions threatened to undermine Jefferson’s goals for the nascent country, leaving the United States in danger of losing its foothold in the West. Deeply researched and inspiringly told, Jefferson’s America rediscovers the robust and often harrowing action from these seminal expeditions and illuminates the president’s vision for a continental America.

A River Runs through It and Other Stories

Author : Norman MacLean
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022647223X
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book A River Runs through It and Other Stories written by Norman MacLean and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-05-03 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times–bestselling classic set amid the mountains and streams of early twentieth-century Montana, “as beautiful as anything in Thoreau or Hemingway” (Chicago Tribune). When Norman Maclean sent the manuscript of A River Runs Through It and Other Stories to New York publishers, he received a slew of rejections. One editor, so the story goes, replied, “it has trees in it.” Today, the title novella is recognized as one of the great American tales of the twentieth century, and Maclean as one of the most beloved writers of our time. The finely distilled product of a long life of often surprising rapture—for fly-fishing, for the woods, for the interlocked beauty of life and art—A River Runs Through It has established itself as a classic of the American West filled with beautiful prose and understated emotional insights. Based on Maclean’s own experiences as a young man, the book’s two novellas and short story are set in the small towns and mountains of western Montana. It is a world populated with drunks, loggers, card sharks, and whores, but also one rich in the pleasures of fly-fishing, logging, cribbage, and family. By turns raunchy and elegiac, these superb tales express, in Maclean’s own words, “a little of the love I have for the earth as it goes by.” “Maclean’s book—acerbic, laconic, deadpan—rings out of a rich American tradition that includes Mark Twain, Kin Hubbard, Richard Bissell, Jean Shepherd, and Nelson Algren.” —New York Times Book Review Includes a new foreword by Robert Redford, director of the Academy Award–winning film adaptation

West from the Columbia

Author : Robert Adams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780893816421
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book West from the Columbia written by Robert Adams and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of unremarkable b&w photos of water and sea from the vantage point of the Columbia River as it flows into the Pacific. The reproductions (or perhaps the original works) seem flat, despite the tritone separations indicated in the colophone. A brief preface and photo identification captio

The River of the West

Author : Frances Fuller Victor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The River of the West written by Frances Fuller Victor and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joe Meek was one of the West's irresistible characters. He was dashing, devil-may-care, cheeky, irreverent, and more fun than a playful grizzly cub. Initially, he covers his early life adventuring in the Rocky Mountains, California, and the Southwest. His firsthand account of fur-traders is priceless, as are his descriptions of the country, mountains, and the life of a mountain man. Then, Joe Meek's life as pioneer, sheriff, U.S. Marshall, and legislator is told in his own engaging voice. The turbulent years in the Northwest include the story of trappers, traders, missionaries, women, pioneers, and Native Americans that finally came together and created a state--Oregon.

Grand Canal, Great River

Author : You Lu
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Grand Canal, Great River written by You Lu and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 1170, a Chinese poet, politician and historian made a journey from west to east China. Lu You (pronounced 'loo yo') kept a daily record of his experiences: the people he met, the unfolding landscape and the famous historical sites he visited. What emerges is a detailed panorama of twelfth-century China, an exotic mixture of travelogue, literature and politics. This new modern translation by Philip Watson of the whole of the diary makes the entirety of this fascinating work of literature accessible to the general reader for the first time, and his detailed commentary fills in all the essential background information. Contemporary paintings and other artworks, together with photographs of the places described, complete this beautifully produced book, which brings the world of Lu You dramatically to life.

Road Trip USA: Great River Road

Author : Jamie Jensen
Publisher : Moon Travel
ISBN 13 : 1631213768
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book Road Trip USA: Great River Road written by Jamie Jensen and published by Moon Travel. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rediscover the Open Road! Take the scenic route along the mighty Mississippi River. Road Trip USA: Great River Road is classic roadside Americana at your fingertips! Inside you'll find: Mile-by-mile highlights so you can make the most of America's two-lane highways through Bemidji, Elvis Presley's Graceland, and Cajun Country Driving maps covering over 2,000 miles, from the Minnesota headwaters all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico Full-color vintage and modern photos and illustrations of past and present America, in a slim, portable guide excerpted from Road Trip USA Roadside curiosities and detours revealing the personalities, history, and unique character of the small towns and thriving cities along the route Expert advice from road warrior Jamie Jensen, who has zoomed along nearly 400,000 miles of highway in search of the perfect road trip Road Trip USA: Great River Road is so full of the beauty of the American road, why wait to start your next adventure? Hit the Road!