Rediscovering the Great Plains Journeys by dog, canoe, & horse / by Norman Henderson ; drawings by Robert Cook.

Author/creator Henderson, Norman, 1960-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
Descriptionxv, 214 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
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SeriesCreating the North American landscape
Contents Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER ONE Night Vision-Of the Moonlit Plains by Train, 5 -- CHAPTER TWO Dog-OftheDogs of the Old Plains -- and of Building a Travois, 13 -- CHAPTER THREE "Mush!"-Of Plains Journeys through Heat, Snow, -- and Mosquitoes with a Remarkable Husky, 29 -- CHAPTER FOUR Canoe-Of the Extraordinary River Voyages -- of Plains Navigators, 63 -- CHAPTER FIVE "En Avant!"-Of Coyotes, Cattle, and Wire, -- and of the Many Wonders of the Prairie River, 83 -- CHAPTER SIX Horse-Of the "Great Gift" of the Spanish -- and of What-Might-Have-Been, 127 -- CHAPTER SEVEN "Gee Up!"-Of a Final Journey in the Great Valley -- and of Adventures with a Philosophical Horse, 145 -- CHAPTER EIGHT Day Flight-Of Home and the View from Above, 173.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 197-202) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 00011755
ISBN080186688X (alk. paper)

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