Overview
Situated between the Wabash, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, the Southern Illinois country is rich in history, folklore, scenery, and natural resources. At about the latitude of southern Virginia, and extending from the flat prairie farmland of central Illinois to the rugged Illinois Ozarks, the area is the natural terminal boundary for hundreds of plant species reaching out to all points of the compass. It is also the oldest and most sparsely populated part of Illinois, a region of small towns and independent people.
Full Product Details
Author: C. William Horrell ,
Henry Dan Piper ,
John W. Voigt
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Imprint: Southern Illinois University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 21.60cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 0.711kg
ISBN: 9780809336043
ISBN 10: 0809336049
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 30 May 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Land Between the Rivers . .. will surely become a treasured volume in the library of many a southern Illinoisan, and even more a prized and sentimental possession of many an expatriate. James W. Neilson, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society This book is so superbly done it belongs on the book shelves of all those who have an interest in Illinois. Illinois Wildlife
<i>Land Between the Rivers</i> is a smoothly written, well-printed, and beautifully illustrated folio volume about southern Illinois. Written, illustrated, and otherwise put together by a photographer, a professor of English, and a botanist, the final product is an informal history, a social commentary, and a tourist-oriented description of the southern fourth of the state. <b>--</b><i><b>Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society</b></i>
Author Information
C. William Horrell was instrumental in establishing the Department of Cinema and Photography at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC). During Horrell’s lifetime, his photographs appeared in many major metropolitan newspapers and a variety of popular and specialty magazines, including Life, Pic, Youth, and Friends. He died in 1989. Henry Dan Piper, a former chemist who worked on the Manhattan Project before switching to the study of literature, was the dean of the College of Liberal Arts at SIUC and, later, a professor of English. He died in 1999. John W. Voigt was a professor of botany at SIUC for four decades. He was the author of many books and articles, including Plant Communities of Southern Illinois (with Robert H. Mohlenbrock; SIU Press). He died in 1990.
