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The Mississippi: A Visual Biography
Quinta Scott
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Description for The Mississippi: A Visual Biography
Hardcover. Focuses on the topography of the Mississippi River and its floodplain. This work offers a comprehensive view of the riparian landscape as a living organism and of the effects of human intervention on its natural processes. Num Pages: 352 pages, 200 colour illustrations, 14 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WNW; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 273 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1914.
Consider the Misi-zibi, the Great River: what natural forces took sixty thousand years to shape, we Americans molded to our needs in three hundred, damaging its wetlands, in some cases, beyond repair. Photographer Quinta Scott has documented the progression of the Mississippi River from its source at Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico, with hundreds of stopping points along the way. In this remarkable volume - the only book to focus on the topography of the whole river and its floodplain - she blends images and text to weave a comprehensive view of the riparian landscape as a living ... Read more
Consider the Misi-zibi, the Great River: what natural forces took sixty thousand years to shape, we Americans molded to our needs in three hundred, damaging its wetlands, in some cases, beyond repair. Photographer Quinta Scott has documented the progression of the Mississippi River from its source at Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico, with hundreds of stopping points along the way. In this remarkable volume - the only book to focus on the topography of the whole river and its floodplain - she blends images and text to weave a comprehensive view of the riparian landscape as a living ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826218407
SKU
V9780826218407
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Ref
99-15
About Quinta Scott
Howard S. Miller is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Senior Curator, Special Projects, at the National Ornamental Mental Museum in Memphis. He is the author of numerous books, including St. Louis in the Gilded Age and Dollars for Research: Science and Its Patrons in Nineteenth-Century America - Quinta Scott is a freelance photographer and ... Read more
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