Big River Days
Author: John Pilkington
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780646298313
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Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780646298313
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John O'Hara
Publisher: UNSW Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780868406374
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Traces the history of the Clarence River Jockey Club and its contribution to Australian racing and the New South Wales Northern Rivers region.
Author: Peter J. Marchand
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Published: 2015-05-15
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1602232474
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Life and Times of a Big River" weaves together the fascinating cultural and natural history of interior Alaska through the story of a field expedition conducted by 5 biologists in a 4000-square-mile, roadless area of interior Alaska. The expedition was ordered by the United States government following the signing into law of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and was to help decide the fate of a vast area that would ultimately become the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. And yet this is a human story, related through the personal experiencesthe uncertainties, discoveries, accidents, and encounters with othersrecorded by this disparate (and at one point desperate) group of biologists. Weaving in and out of this narrative is an account of the natural and cultural history of the area, told as it related to the expedition and to people living in the bush. The five scientists explore every aspect of the land itself: from fossil tree ferns to rare insects and little-known mammals, deciphering a record of change in a land often thought of as static and monotonous. Against this background the history of both aboriginal and Anglo exploitation and adaptation to a very demanding environment is also told. In the context of the expedition, the natural and cultural history takes on an uncommon relevance and insight. This expedition may well represent the last of its kind, conducted before the explosion of satellite communications and geographic positioning technology forever changed scientific field work in remote regions."
Author: Taylor Brown
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2017-03-21
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 1250111757
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Two brothers travel a storied river’s past and present in search of the truth about their father’s death in the second novel by the acclaimed author of Fallen Land.
Author: Bobbi Miller
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 2013-10-04
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 0823427692
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Raised by her pirate father on a Mississippi keeler, River is a half-feral river rat and proud of it. When her powerful father disappears in the great earthquake of 1811, she is on the run from buccaneers, including Jean Lafitte, who hope to claim her father's territory and his buried treasure. But the ruthless rivals do not count on getting a run for their money from a plucky slip of a girl determined to find her place in the new order. Filled with down-home humor, raucous hijinks, and one-of-a-kind characters, this historical novel captures the Mississippi River at a time when its denizens were as untamed as its waters.
Author: United States. War Department
Publisher:
Published: 1860
Total Pages: 406
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Publisher:
Published: 1860
Total Pages: 568
ISBN-13:
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