Immortal River - The Upper Mississippi in Ancient and Modern Times (Paperback, New)

This engaging and well-illustrated primer to the Upper Mississippi River presents the basic natural and human history of this magnificent waterway. "Immortal River" is written for the educated lay-person who would like to know more about the river's history and the forces that shape as well as threaten it today. It melds complex information from the fields of geology, ecology, geography, anthropology, and history into a readable, chronological story that spans some 500 million years of the earth's history.
Like the Mississippi itself, "Immortal River" often leaves the main channel to explore the river's backwaters, floodplain, and drainage basin. The book's focus is the Upper Mississippi, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Cairo, Illinois. But it also includes information about the river's headwaters in northern Minnesota and about the Lower Mississippi from Cairo south to the river's mouth ninety miles below New Orleans. It offers an understanding of the basic geology underlying the river's landscapes, ecology, environmental problems, and grandeur.

General

Imprint:	University of Wisconsin Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2005
First published:	2005
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	472
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-299-20294-1
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > General Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > The hydrosphere > Hydrology (freshwater) Promotions
LSN:	0-299-20294-1
Barcode:	9780299202941

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