Rediscovering the Great Plains Journeys by dog, canoe, & horse / by Norman Henderson ; drawings by Robert Cook.
| Author/creator | Henderson, Norman, 1960- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, |
| Description | xv, 214 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Creating 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-202) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 00011755 |
| ISBN | 080186688X (alk. paper) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |