Heartland River: A Cultural and Environmental History of the Big Sioux River Valley

Heartland River: A Cultural and Environmental History of the Big Sioux River Valley image
ISBN-10:

0931170966

ISBN-13:

9780931170966

Edition: First Edition
Released: Apr 16, 2022
Format: Paperback, 403 pages
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Description:

In his introduction to Heartland River, Midwest / Great Plains historian and son of the Big Sioux River valley Jon K. Lauck, writes, “Recognizing the Big Sioux River is not only a critical exercise in finding place in an increasingly digital and placeless world, but also an important exertion of cultural identity, a quest for the recognition of a lost watershed in the center of our nation during an era when the coasts dominate our society and the American interior remains neglected.” In the 19 essays that follow, readers will find a cornucopia of delights and warnings. From “A River Through Time” to “Don’t Drink the Water,” for example, the writers document early river cultures and bacterial contamination today. The collection’s six sections cover almost every conceivable aspect of this 420-mile-long prairie river dividing South Dakota and Iowa and Minnesota and a major tributary to the Missouri River, never before the subject of a book: Natural History and Indigenous Peoples; Explorers, Settlers, Outlaws, and War; Writers, Scholars, and Artists; Politics; Water Quality; and Personal Reflections.


























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