Title:
Holding back the river : the struggle against nature on America's waterways / Tyler J. Kelley.
ISBN:
9781501187049
Personal Author:
Edition:
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Avid Reader Press, 2021.
©2021
Physical Description:
xxv, 224 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
Prelude: Perfecting nature -- Part one. Lock -- Part two. Alluvial empire -- Part three. Rivers of earth -- Coda: Retreat and fortify.
Summary:
Kelley brings us into the lives of the Americans wrestling to harness and preserve our mighty rivers and, through their stories, suggests solutions to some of the century's greatest challenges. --Adapted from publisher description.
Genre:
OCLC Number:
on1245589212
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