The River We Have Wrought: A History of the Upper Mississippi
Author:   John O. Anfinson
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
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9780816640249


Pages:   388
Publication Date:   10 February 2005
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   John O. Anfinson
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:   University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.503kg
ISBN:  

9780816640249


ISBN 10:   0816640246
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   10 February 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Innumerable This Splendid Juggernaut The Bounty of Providence Making the Mississippi Over Again Highway of Empire So Nearly Perfected by Nature Cradle, Home, and Place of Sojourn A Marooned Interior Straining at the Chains An Inland Empire's Need This Noble River Epilogue: Fourth RiverNotes Index

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John Anfinson brings an evenhanded approach to the debate over how much river should serve commerce and how much it should preserve nature, a topic that has been politicized by shipping and environmental advocates. - Minneapolis Star Tribune Anyone interested in the fate of the Mississippi River would do well to read this book. -Minnesota Magazine This book demonstrates wide research and thoughtful synthesis of many sources . . . certainly an important book. -Minnesota History


Anyone interested in the fate of the Mississippi River would do well to read this book. -Minnesota Magazine John Anfinson brings an evenhanded approach to the debate over how much river should serve commerce and how much it should preserve nature, a topic that has been politicized by shipping and environmental advocates. - Minneapolis Star Tribune This book demonstrates wide research and thoughtful synthesis of many sources . . . certainly an important book. -Minnesota History


""John Anfinson brings an evenhanded approach to the debate over how much river should serve commerce and how much it should preserve nature, a topic that has been politicized by shipping and environmental advocates."" - Minneapolis Star Tribune ""Anyone interested in the fate of the Mississippi River would do well to read this book."" -Minnesota Magazine ""This book demonstrates wide research and thoughtful synthesis of many sources . . . certainly an important book."" -Minnesota History


This book demonstrates wide research and thoughtful synthesis of many sources . . . certainly an important book. -Minnesota History


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John O. Anfinson is a historian with the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area. For nearly twenty years he was the historian for the Saint Paul District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He is a founding board member of the Friends of the Mississippi River, an organization dedicated to improving the Mississippi's environmental health.

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