Main Title |
The Missouri / |
Author |
Vestal, Stanley,
|
Publisher |
Farrar & Rinehart, |
Year Published |
1945 |
OCLC Number |
00720624 |
Subjects |
Missouri River ;
West (US)--History ;
West (United States)--History ;
Geschichte ;
Siedlung ;
Missouri-Gebiet
|
Additional Subjects |
Missouri River ;
The West--History
|
Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ELBM FIN |
F598.V47 1945 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
01/01/1988 |
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Collation |
x, 368 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents Notes |
The Missouri is a story in itself. It is a thoroughly masculine river, a burly, husky bulldozer of a stream, which has taken on the biggest job of moving dirt in North America. Named the Big Muddy. HIGHWAY -- The father of navigation -- Missouri marathon -- Steamboat 'round the bend -- Long's dragon -- Princess of the Missouri -- The big muddy -- Beaver tails and wild honey -- BOUNDARY -- The Mormon migration -- Diving for furs -- Hell on the border -- Kaycee -- Ak-Sar-Ben -- Chief Blackbird and Sergeant Floyd -- The petrified man -- Range and grange -- OUTPOST -- Mountain men -- Standing rock -- Four bears -- Custer and Comanche -- Ghost dance -- The Missouri River women -- The Little Missouri -- Fort Union -- The great dam -- Honeymoon cruise -- White castles -- Chief Joseph's last battle -- Gypsies of the Upper River -- Great Falls -- The gates of the mountains -- Three forks. |
Place Published |
New York, Toronto, |
PUB Date Free Form |
{1945} |
Series Title Untraced |
Rivers of America |
Document Type |
BC |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/U |
LCCN |
44051595 |
Merged OCLC records |
10334827; 504870547; 602741711; 821951080; 977756067; 1200999557; 1201020039; 1201638543; 1201856083 |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |