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Author:   Mary A. Hood
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9780791473894

ISBN 10:   0791473899
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   20 March 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Introduction Part I. Small United States Rivers Three Rivers: Writing Our World Fossil Rivers: Apalachicola and Other Rivers of Three Corners Willamette River: Mousing the Owl Flathead River: Fires in the West Tensaw River: Longleaf Magnolias Cumberland River: Magnolias and Other Rare Plants of the Appalachians Conhocton River: A New York State of Mind Penobscot River: In Search of Moose Klamath River: Forest Monoliths Ellijay River: Applesauce Alligator River: Tidewater Wolves and Swans Yellow River: Conservation, Preservation, Restoration Part II. The Amazon Introduction to the Amazon Cities of the Amazon Amazon Water Lilies Birds and Bats of the Amazon Pacaya Samiria Preserve of the Amazon Amazon Canopy Walkway Insects of the Amazon Trees of the Amazon Part III. Other Great World Rivers Mississippi River: The Atchafalaya Basin Danube River: The Tizsa and the Hortobagy Yangtze River: River of Change Ganges River: One Lone Ibisbill and a Half-Billion People Nile River: Tombs, Temples and Tourists Conclusion References Index

Reviews

...this earnest eco-travelogue ... is ... plush with tidbits about these waterways' natural history. - ForeWord Magazine ...[a] profound and pensive collection of essays... - Booklist Part ecotravel journal, part natural history, part plea for the assaulted rivers, RiverTime carries us around the world. There is beauty here, and fascination, and a desperate sense of last chances. - Kathleen Dean Moore, author of The Pine Island Paradox and coeditor of Rachel Carson: Legacy and Challenge If you want to fall in love with a river, read this book. - Tom Skerritt, American Rivers The author's range of knowledge, her thorough research, and her ability to address the importance of rivers to human and nonhuman life is impressive. She is an environmentalist, a scientist, and a scholar who attends to detail while also writing a fascinating and engaging personal account. - Sue Walker, coauthor of In the Realm of Rivers: Alabama's Mobile-Tensaw Delta

Author Information

Mary A. Hood is Professor Emerita of Biology at the University of West Florida. She is the author of The Strangler Fig and Other Tales: Field Notes of a Conservationist.

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