| Description |
x, 276 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Small United States Rivers -- Three Rivers: Writing Our World -- Apalachicola and Other Rivers of Three Corners: Fossil Rivers -- Willamette River: Mousing the Owl -- Flathead River: Fires in the West -- Tensaw River: Longleaf Magnolias -- Cumberland River: Magnolias and Other Rare Plants of the Appalachians -- Conhocton River: A New York State of Mind -- Penobscot River: In Search of Moose -- Klamath River: Forest Monoliths -- Ellijay River: Applesauce -- Alligator River: Tidewater Wolves and Swans -- Yellow River: Conservation, Preservation, and Restoration -- Pt. II. The Amazon -- Introduction to the Amazon -- Cities of the Amazon -- Amazon Water Lilies -- Birds and Bats of the Amazon -- Pacaya Samiria National Preserve of the Amazon -- Amazon Canopy Walkway -- Insects of the Amazon -- Trees of the Amazon -- Pt. III. Other Great World Rivers -- Mississippi River: The Atchafalaya Basin -- Danube River: The Tizsa and the Hortobagy -- Yangtze River: River of Change |
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Ganges River: One Lone Ibisbill and a Half-Billion People -- Nile River: Tombs, Temples, and Tourists |
| Summary |
"In this travelogue of our world's rivers, great and small, poet and biologist Mary A. Hood reflects on rivers as creators of place. Recounting her journeys along portions of the Mississippi, the Danube, the Amazon, the Yangtze, the Ganges, the Nile, and a dozen small U.S. rivers, Hood weaves together natural history, current environmental and conservation issues, encounters with endangered plants and animals, and tells some tales along the way. From endangered species to invasive species, from corporate control of national parks to wind farms, from urban sprawl to efforts at conservation and restoration, RiverTime offers insights into our relationship to the environment in the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-263) and index |
| Subject |
Hood, Mary A., 1944- -- Travel.
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Rivers.
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Natural history.
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| LC no. |
2007034184 |
| ISBN |
9780791473894 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0791473899 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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