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Charles River Editors
The Red River War of 1874-1875: The History of the Last American Campaign to Remove Native Americans from the Southwest
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting written by participants *Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents From the “Trail of Tears” to Wounded Knee and Little Bighorn, the narrative of American history is incomplete w...
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Michael Bania
Kumak's River: A Tall Tale from the Far North
In the Arctic, before winter gives way to buds and flowers, breakup occurs—the moment when the ice of a frozen river suddenly breaks apart in a spectacular sight-and-sound show. Massive chunks of ice crunch and pound against one another, pushing their way down river towards the sea. ‘“That riv...
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Anne Whitney Pierce
Down to the River
Down to the River is a family saga set in the late 1960s in Cambridge, Massachusetts against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. Twin brothers, Nash and Remi Potts, have grown up as entitled, Harvard-educated, golden boys, heirs to an old, but dwindling family fortune. With the passage of time, the go...
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Joe Cook
Broad River User's Guide (Georgia River Network Guidebooks)
The Broad River is among the last free-flowing rivers in Georgia and perhaps the state’s most wild. The Broad River User’s Guide traces the unique characteristics of the full 60 miles of the river and the 110 miles of its three forks (South, Middle, and North) before the main river’s converg...
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James L. Shaffer
The Mississippi River: Father of Waters
Named by Algonkian-speaking Indians, Mississippi can be translated as "Father of Waters." The river, the largest in North America, drains 31 states and 2 Canadian provinces, and runs 2,350 miles from its source to the Gulf of Mexico. The Mississippi River is truly one of the great forces that has sh...
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Dina Anastasio
Where Is the Mississippi River?
Discover the history and culture of one of the most famous waterways in the world: the mighty Mississippi! The most famous river in America runs like a spine between the eastern and western parts of the country, flowing through ten states before it empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The mighty Miss ...
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Stuart Waldman
The Last River: John Wesley Powell and the Colorado River Exploring Expedition
"It was a wild ride... and this book does it justice. Well-chosen thrills, spills, and conflicts are spliced into a narrative that highlights the danger underlying this scientific mission... Handsomely designed text... large, full-color impressionistic paintings convey the action." --School Libra...
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Dr. Robert H. Ruby M.D
The Chinook Indians: Traders of the Lower Columbia River (Civilization of the American Indian (Paperback))
The Chinook Indians, who originally lived at the mouth of the Columbia River in present-day Oregon and Washington, were experienced traders long before the arrival of white men to that area. When Captain Robert Gray in the ship Columbia Rediviva, for which the river was named, entered the Columbia...
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Carole L. Herrick
Ambitious Failure: Chain Bridge, the First Bridge Across the Potomac River
The story of a bridge built across the Potomac River, below the Little Falls, that came to be known as Chain Bridge The first bridge that spanned the Potomac River was a wooden toll bridge built in 1797 just below Little Falls, the Potomac s head of navigation. Over the decades eight bridges have s...
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Jerry West
The Happy Hollisters On A River Trip
Back in hardcover format after a 50-year absence -- now with bonus special pages! The Happy Hollisters on a River Trip (Volume #2 in the Happy Hollisters series) A big fish contest at the Trading Post , the Hollisters’ sporting goods store, has everybody in Shoreham competing. After Pete catch...
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Walter Bennick
Upper Mississippi River at Winona (Images of America)
Winona, located on an island where the upper Mississippi River flows from west to east, has been linked to the river from its earliest days. Before the community's settlement, Native Americans and white explorers sailed past Wapasha's Prairie in birchbark canoes, keel boats, and small sailboats. As ...
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Laura Bear
Navigating Austerity: Currents of Debt along a South Asian River (Anthropology of Policy)
Navigating Austerity addresses a key policy question of our era: what happens to society and the environment when austerity dominates political and economic life? To get to the heart of this issue, Laura Bear tells the stories of boatmen, shipyard workers, hydrographers, port bureaucrats and river ...
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Duane Huddleston
Steamboats and Ferries on the White River: A Heritage Revisited
From the time the Waverly first steamed up the White River to Batesville from the Mississippi River in 1831, the haunting blast of river whistles signaled service, comfort, and delight for residents along this major Arkansas waterway. In a terrain that lacked good roads, steamboats contributed sig...
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Kevin M McCarthy
Caloosahatchee River Guidebook
The Caloosahatchee flows from near Lake Okeechobee for to its outlet at Fort Myers on the southwest Gulf coast of Florida. Eighty miles long and only a stone's throw across in some places, Florida's Caloosahatchee River once played an essential part in the transport of cattle, fruit, and other goods...
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Gerard W. Gawalt
A River of Blood: Two Centuries of Conflict Along the Kennebec
A River of Blood:Two Centuries of Conflict Along the Kennebec River is a true story of hope, violence, dispossession and settlment. The arrival of English settlers with European guns and goods drastically changed the Abenaki's life style from hunter/gathers to commercial hunters and trappers. The A...
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Deborah Wood
The Legend of River Mahay
Homesteaders wounding each other in a deadly shootout. Bear attacks. Surviving 60-below zero on the North Slope. Riverboating Class VI whitewater, considered impossible to run without risk of life and limb. Practical jokes. Moose Dropping festivals. Plane crashes. Drownings. Saving lives. Love and P...
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Gregory K. Sapienza
Savannah Travel Guide 2025/2026: Best Neighborhoods for Tourists, Iconic City Squares, Live Music, Pubs, & Bars, Evening River Cruises, Forsyth Park,
Step into the charm, character, and rhythm of one of America's most beloved cities. Savannah Travel Guide 2025/2026 is a thoughtfully crafted resource designed to guide travelers through the very best that Savannah, Georgia, has to offer. From cobblestone streets to live jazz echoing down the lanes,...
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Mark J. Wagner
The Wreck of the "America" in Southern Illinois: A Flatboat on the Ohio River
Winner, Illinois State Historical Society Superior Achievement, 2016 Flatboats were the most prolific type of vessel on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers during the early 1800s. Thousands of these boats descended the two rivers each year, carrying not only valuable cargo to New Orleans but also west...
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Dr Paul Gaskell
Urban River Corridor Management
Whether you have a statutory responsibility for urban river corridors, or you are a local resident with concerns about how watercourses are managed in your town or city, this book can help. There are significant challenges when balancing infrastructure, property development and flood risk with the ...
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Amy C. Schutt
Peoples of the River Valleys: The Odyssey of the Delaware Indians (Early American Studies)
Seventeenth-century Indians from the Delaware and lower Hudson valleys organized their lives around small-scale groupings of kin and communities. Living through epidemics, warfare, economic change, and physical dispossession, survivors from these peoples came together in new locations, especially th...
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