The Most Crooked River in the World: The Waters of the Kankakee and the Nature of Time - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jon T. ColemanSeries:Yale Agrarian StudiesPublish date:3/24/2026Pages:312
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300265804ISBN-10:300265808UPC:9780300265804Book Category:Nature, HistoryBook Subcategory:Ecosystems & Habitats, Environmental Conservation & Protection, United StatesBook Topic:Rivers, State & LocalSize:8.43 x 5.98 x 0.96 inchesWeight:1.131Product ID:SCSJR85DXG
The Most Crooked River in the World: The Waters of the Kankakee and the Nature of Time
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 wetlands
The 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...Series: Yale Agrarian Studies
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300265804ISBN-10:300265808UPC:9780300265804Book Category:Nature, HistoryBook Subcategory:Ecosystems & Habitats, Environmental Conservation & Protection, United StatesBook Topic:Rivers, State & LocalSize:8.43 x 5.98 x 0.96 inchesWeight:1.131Product ID:SCSJR85DXG
Jon T. Coleman is Andrew V. Tackes College Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of several books, including Nature Shock: Getting Lost in America. He lives in South Bend, IN.
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