Land of Rivers: America in Word and Image 9781501738777

Table of contents :
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Introduction: River Cultures Of North America
The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries
Excerpts From Indian Legends Of Tlie Pacific Northwest
Excerpt From Inducements To The Liking Of The Voyage Intended Towards Virginia In 40 And 42 Degrees Of Latitude
Excerpt From Voyages Of Samuel De Champlain
Excerpt From "Good News From Virginia"
Excerpt From "Contemplations"
French Explorers On The Mississippi
"Some Proposals For A Second Settlement In The Province Ofpennsylvania"
The Eighteenth Century
"Upon The Drying Up That Ancient River, The River Merrymak"
Correspondence Of Benjamin Franklin And Mary Stevenson
Excerpt From Travels In North America
Excerpt From Notes On The State Of Virginia
Excerpt From Travels
"On Jordan's Stormy Banks"
Excerpt From A View Of The United States Of America
The Nineteenth Century
Excerpt From Original Journals Of The Lewis And Clark Expedition
"Morning On The Wissahiccon"
Excerpt From Delineations Of American Scenery And Character
"My Visit To Niagara"
Excerpt From A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers
Excerpt From A Pioneer's Search For An Ideal Home
"Crossing Brooklyn Ferry"
Excerpt From The Company Of Adventurers
Excerpt From The Exploration Of The Colorado River
Excerpts From Life On The Mississippi [1883] And The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Excerpt From History Of The Johnstown Flood
Excerpt From The Conquest Of Arid America
The Twentieth Century
Excerpt From The River And I
The Owens Valley-Los Angeles Controversy
"The Negro Speaks Of Rivers"
"Of Man River"
"West-Running Brook"
Excerpt From The Land Of Feast And Famine
"Flat River Girl"
Excerpt From TVA: Democracy On The March
Excerpt From A Pima Remembers
Excerpt From Goodbye To A River
Excerpt From Silent Spring
"Roll On, Columbia"
Excerpt From Desert Solitaire
Excerpt From The Wild And Scenic Rivers Act
Excerpt From The Sound Of Mountain Water
"Burn On"
Excerpt From Pilgrim At Tinker Creek
Excerpts From Run, River, Run
Excerpts From A River Runs Through It
Excerpt From River Notes: The Dance Of Herons
Excerpt From Blue Highways
Excerpt From Rivers Of Empire: Water, Aridity, And The Growth Of The American West
Excerpt From River Of Traps
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LAND OF RIVERS

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