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092			_a508.77 _bU67
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aUpholt, Boyce, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe great river : _bthe making and unmaking of the Mississippi / _cBoyce Upholt.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bW.W. Norton & Company, _c[2024]
264		4	_c©2024
300			_a330 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 279-312) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: A most magnificent spectacle -- Part I: Alluvial chronicles. Searching for a river -- Tomahawk claims -- Cosmic river -- Part II: American river. Half horse, half alligator -- The Office of River Improvement -- Dancing at the skirts of Congress -- That big green wall -- The great flood -- Part III: The unmade Mississippi. Hooked up, hard down -- Death alley -- The great unraveling -- Beautiful country -- Epilogue: The water of the future.
520			_aIn this landmark work of natural history, a journalist tells the epic story of the Mississippi River and the centuries of efforts to control it, which have damaged its once-vibrant ecosystems, carrying readers along the river's last remaining backchannels and exploring how scientists hope to restore what has been lost.
650		0	_aNatural history _zMississippi River.
651		0	_aMississippi River _xHistory. _964647
650		0	_aFlood control _zMississippi River _xHistory. _942839
655		7	_aLocal histories. _2lcgft _9354743
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