| Description |
306 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"Rivers have long held a fascination for people around the world, and river stories have been an important genre of American literature. Part travelogue, part natural and cultural history, Elevations follows the author on a personal journey and the river as it connects landscapes, histories, and people. Max McCoy travels the underappreciated and overlooked Arkansas River, which rises in Colorado and passes through Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas before flowing into the Mississippi. Elevations sticks to Colorado and Kansas; the rationale is both logistical (the book is already 120K words) and functional, as the river fundamentally changes after it crosses into Oklahoma, becoming a much more tightly controlled commercial waterway. The personal side of the journey involves the usual Wild-like nature memoir material: family, marriage, trying not to die in the outdoors. The historical/cultural side includes Baby Doe Tabor, the Sand Creek Massacre, Dodge City, earthquakes, and more"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Mile Zero -- A Certain Crit -- Finding the Line -- Your River Voice -- The Flume -- Inherent Risk -- The Highest Valley -- Thirteen Prisons -- The Place of Memory -- Buy and Dry -- Color -- Ghosts of Sand Creek -- The ABCs of Internment -- Child of Calamity -- The November Plot -- The Waterscrape -- The Gun Show -- River of Quivira -- Bread and Quicksilver -- Trespasses -- Swells from Ancient Oceans -- Coyote's Song. |
| Subject |
McCoy, Max -- Travel -- Arkansas River Valley.
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McCoy, Max. (OCoLC)fst01496972
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Arkansas River Valley -- History.
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Arkansas River Valley -- Description and travel.
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Natural history -- Arkansas River Valley.
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY).
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI).
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NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers.
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Natural history. (OCoLC)fst01034268
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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United States -- Arkansas River Valley.
(OCoLC)fst01273765
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Standard No. |
40028019643 |
| ISBN |
9780700626021 (hardcover) |
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0700626026 (hardcover) |
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9780700626038 (electronic book) |
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0700626034 (electronic book) |
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