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River of Mountains
Author | : Peter Lourie |
Publsiher | : Syracuse University Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1998-05-01 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0815603169 |
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Lourie completed his trip. It took him three weeks and marked the first time anyone has traveled from the source of the Hudson to the mouth in a single vessel. The Hudson proved to be a very changeable river. It includes seven locks and nine power dams. The northern half is a true river with strong current, but the lower half is tidal, a sunken river from the days of glaciers. In its first 165 miles, it drops more than 4,000 feet to Albany. The second half falls no more than a foot. Lourie's account of his trip is a fresh look at one of America's great and complex waterways, one of the few, in fact, that still contains its historical and biological species of fish. It is also the longest inland estuary in the world. Henry Hudson called it the "great river of the mountains." Nowadays, too often the Hudson is stereotyped as a ruined, polluted industrial river. Its glorious past is compared to its present neglect. In River of Mountains, Peter Lourie combines the Hudson's rich history and descriptions of some of the region's most impressive landscape with the residents of its mill towns, the loggers, commercial fishermen, and barge pilots-all of whom are proof that the river is still a thriving, vital waterway. So, come with Peter Lourie on his trip, come explore with him from a canoe one of this country's great rivers, join him in his wonderful adventure.
The Book of Mountains and Rivers
Author | : Qiuyu Yu |
Publsiher | : Cn Times Books Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Chinese essays |
ISBN | : 1627741089 |
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Yu Qiuyu is one of China's greatest modern essayists. Sometimes a prickly commentator, he is above all a storyteller. In this volume he takes his inspiration from China's geography, both human and physical, and brings the culture of his country to life with human characters and historical narrative. The forests of Hainan, the Three Gorges, classical pagodas, ancient remains under modern Shanghai, even the open skies... all have their stories and cultural connections, traced with erudition and wit by an inquisitive mind. "I sought a path across mountains and rivers, plastering my brief life across a rugged corner of this planet," explains Yu Qiuyu. The Book of Rivers and Mountains is another in a series of meditative essays about Chinese culture and history. In this book he returns to the Chinese mainland in contemplation of its people and the natural landscape that has shaped their way of life. He refers to mountains and rivers as the "facial expressions of the land" and the only true way of understanding the history of the country and its people.
Two Mountains and a River
Author | : Harold William Tilman |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1949 |
Genre | : Asia, Central |
ISBN | : UOM:39015014650728 |
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The French Broad
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Author | : Wilma Dykeman |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 371 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : French Broad River Valley |
ISBN | : LCCN:65004907 |
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Through the Mountains
Author | : John E. Ross |
Publsiher | : Univ Tennessee Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-08-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1621908542 |
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Two generations have passed since the publication of Wilma Dykeman's landmark environmental history, The French Broad. In Through the Mountains: The French Broad River and Time, John Ross updates that seminal book with groundbreaking new research. More than the story of a single river, Through the Mountains covers the entire watershed from its headwaters in North Carolina's Blue Ridge and the Great Smoky Mountains to its mouth in Knoxville, Tennessee. The French Broad watershed has faced new perils and seen new discoveries since 1955, when The French Broad was published. Geologists have learned that the Great Smoky Mountains are not among the world's oldest as previously thought; climatologists and archaeologists have traced the dramatic effects of global warming and cooling on the flora, fauna, and human habitation in the watershed; and historians have deepened our understanding of enslaved peoples once thought not to be a part of the watershed's history. Even further, this book documents how the French Broad and its tributaries were abused by industrialists, and how citizens fought to mitigate the pollution. Through the Mountains also takes readers to notable historic places: the hidden mound just inside the gate of Biltmore where Native Americans celebrated the solstices; the once-secret radio telescope site above Rosman where NASA eavesdropped on Russian satellites; and the tiny hamlet of Gatlinburg where Phi Beta Phi opened its school for mountain women in 1912. Wilma Dykeman once asked what the river had meant to the people who lived along it. In the close of Through the Mountains, Ross reframes that question: For 14,000 years the French Broad and its tributaries have nurtured human habitation. What must we start doing now to ensure it will continue to nourish future generations? Answering this question requires a knowledge of the French Broad's history, an understanding of its contemporary importance, and a concern for the watershed's sustainable future. Through the Mountains fulfills these three criteria, and, in many ways, presents the larger story of America's freshwater habitats through the incredible history of the French Broad.
A Sketch of the Mountains and River Basins of India
Author | : Trelawny Saunders |
Publsiher | : Gale and the British Library |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 1870 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D02352323Q |
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Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands Chili c
Author | : John Kirk Townsend |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1839 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : NYPL:33433081820890 |
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The River of the West
Author | : Frances Fuller Victor |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 640 |
Release | : 1870 |
Genre | : Frontier and pioneer life |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D00652587N |
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