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The Most Crooked River in the World
- The Waters of the Kankakee and the Nature of Time
Engelsk
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
312
ISBN-13:
9780300265804
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
0300265808
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
24 mar 2026
Størrelse i cm:
21,6 x 14,0
Oplagsdato:
24 mar 2026
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The Most Crooked River in the World

- The Waters of the Kankakee and the Nature of Time
Engelsk
Hardback 2026
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An imaginative history of the Kankakee River, told in reverse chronological order, that examines the ecological losses caused as people transformed the river and its wetlandsThe Kankakee River, whose waters gathered west of present-day South Bend, Indiana, and meandered through the loose sediment left by Pleistocene glaciers, used to drain one of the largest wetlands in North America. In its prime, it had hundreds of bends and spilled everywhere, generating hundreds of thousands of acres of permanent and semipermanent marshes brimming with life. This landscape amazed, entertained, and fed human beings for centuries until a small group of reformers usurped the waters and drained them in a matter of decades. By 1917, steam dredges had cut through the bends of the river; ditches and underground drain tiles emptied the marshes. A fascinating and vibrant place was transformed into a monotonous and forgettable one. Jon T. Coleman travels through time to recover the grandeur of the Kankakee River and its wetlands, asking why American settlers would dismantle an environment in which they delighted. Starting in the present, Coleman unwinds the history of the Kankakee, offering a wide-ranging and imaginative look at what was lost when the Kankakee was transformed—and challenging our ideas about time and inevitability.
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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
312
ISBN-13:
9780300265804
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
0300265808
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
24 mar 2026
Størrelse i cm:
21,6 x 14,0
Oplagsdato:
24 mar 2026
Forfatter(e):
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