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  • The Great River

    The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi

    de Boyce Upholt ...
    **Instant BestsellerWinner of the 2024 Willie Morris Award for Southern Nonfiction • A Chicago Public Library Must-Read Book of 2024 • A Booklist Editors' ChoiceA sweeping history of the Mississippi River—and the centuries of human meddling that have transformed both it and America.**The Mississippi River lies at the heart of America, an undeniable life force that is intertwined with the nation’s ... Leer más

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    The Great River

    The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi

    de Boyce Upholt ...
    Narrado por Gabriel Vaughan ...

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    A sweeping history of the Mississippi River—and the centuries of human meddling that have transformed both it and America.Over thousands of years, the Mississippi watershed was home to millions of Indigenous people who regarded "the great river" with awe and respect, adorning its banks with astonishing spiritual earthworks. But European settlers and American pioneers had a different vision: the ... Leer más

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  • The Gulf

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  • The Bald Eagle

    The Improbable Journey of America's Bird

    de Jack E. Davis ...
    **Best Books of the Month: Wall Street Journal, Kirkus ReviewsFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Gulf, a sweeping cultural and natural history of the bald eagle in America.**The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you’re not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as “majestic” and “noble,” yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a ... Leer más

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  • Old Man River

    The Mississippi River in North American History

    A fascinating account of how the Mississippi River shaped AmericaIn Old Man River, Paul Schneider tells the story of the river at the center of America's rich history—the Mississippi. Some fifteen thousand years ago, the majestic river provided Paleolithic humans with the routes by which early man began to explore the continent's interior. Since then, the river has been the site of historical ... Leer más

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  • The Lobster Coast

    Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier

    de Colin Woodard ...
    “A thorough and engaging history of Maine’s rocky coast and its tough-minded people.”—Boston Herald“[A] well-researched and well-written cultural and ecological history of stubborn perseverance.”—USA TodayFor more than four hundred years the people of coastal Maine have clung to their rocky, wind-swept lands, resisting outsiders’ attempts to control them while harvesting the astonishing bounty of ... Leer más

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  • Mississippi River Tragedies

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  • The Source

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