02080cam a2200373 i 4500 1390587529 TxAuBib 20240726120000.0 240529s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2024012106 9780393867879 HRD 29.99 0393867870 HRD 29.99 (OCoLC)1436038757 TxAuBib rda Upholt, Boyce, author. The great river [BOOK] : the making and unmaking of the Mississippi / Boyce Upholt. Great river, The : the making and unmaking of the Mississippi. First edition. New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024] 330 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-312) and index. Introduction: A most magnificent spectacle -- Part I: Alluvial chronicles. Searching for a river -- Tomahawk claims -- Cosmic river -- Part II: American river. Half horse, half alligator -- The Office of River Improvement -- Dancing at the skirts of Congress -- That big green wall -- The great flood -- Part III: The unmade Mississippi. Hooked up, hard down -- Death alley -- The great unraveling -- Beautiful country -- Epilogue: The water of the future. "In this landmark work of natural history, a journalist tells the epic story of the Mississippi River and the centuries of efforts to control it, which have damaged its once-vibrant ecosystems, carrying readers along the river's last remaining back channelsand exploring how scientists hope to restore what has been lost.". 20240726. Natural history Mississippi River. Flood control Mississippi River History. Mississippi River History.