What the river carries : encounters with the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte /

What the river carries : encounters with the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte /

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Author / Creator:	Knopp, Lisa, 1956-
Imprint:	Columbia, Mo. : University Of Missouri Press, ©2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 230 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Travel. Mississippi River -- Description and travel. Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel. Missouri River Valley -- Description and travel. Platte River (Neb.) -- Description and travel. Mississippi River. Mississippi River Valley. Missouri River Valley. Nebraska -- Platte River. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11142746

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ISBN:	9780826272768 0826272762 0826219748 9780826219749
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-230). English. Print version record.
Summary:	Interwoven essays on the physical and cultural geography of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte Rivers.
Other form:	Print version: Knopp, Lisa, 1956- What the river carries. Columbia, Mo. : University Of Missouri Press, ©2012 0826219748

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