| Oneota Flow: The Upper Iowa River & Its People Contributor(s): Faldet, David S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1587297809 ISBN-13: 9781587297809 Publisher: University of Iowa Press OUR PRICE: $26.13 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2009 Annotation: Faldet moves through the history of life along the now-polluted Upper Iowa, always focusing on the ways people depend on the river, the environment, and the resources of the region. He blends contemporary conversations, readings from the historical record, environmental research, and personal experience to show us that the health of the river is best guaranteed by maintaining the biological communities that nurture it. In return, taking care of the Upper Iowa is the best way to take care of our future. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Rivers - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Travel | United States - Midwest - West North Central (ia, Ks, Mn, Mo, Nd, Ne, Sd) |
| Dewey: 977.76 |
| LCCN: 2008031470 |
| Series: American Land and Life |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.74" W x 9.26" (0.78 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Iowa - Cultural Region - Heartland - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Whether profiling the chief of the last hunter-gatherers on the river, an early settler witnessing her first prairie fire and a modern wildlife biologist using fire to manage prairies, the manager of the Granger Farmer's Co-op Creamery, or a landowner whose bottomlands are continually eaten away by floods, Faldet steadily develops the central idea that people are walking tributaries of the river basin in which they make their homes. Faldet moves through the history of life along the now-polluted Upper Iowa, always focusing on the ways people depend on the river, the environment, and the resources of the region. He blends contemporary conversations, readings from the historical record, environmental research, and personal experience to show us that the health of the river is best guaranteed by maintaining the biological communities that nurture it. In return, taking care of the Upper Iowa is the best way to take care of our future. |