Flood on the Tracks - Living, Dying, and the Nature of Disaster in the Elkhorn River Basin

From a perspective unusual on the Great Plains--the problem of too much water--Flood on the Tracks offers an intimate portrait of life in the Elkhorn River Basin of northeast Nebraska. In a region often defined by aridity, rivers and their basins have provided sustenance, shelter, fertile soil, and overland highways. In many ways Plains rivers o...

About the author

Todd M. Kerstetter is an associate professor in the department of history at TCU. He is the author of Inspiration and Innovation: Religion in the American West and God's Country and Uncle Sam's Land: Faith and Conflict in the American West.

Product details

• Authors: Todd M Kerstetter, Todd M. Kerstetter, Todd M./ Sherow Kerstetter
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781682830161
• ISBN: 978-1-68283-016-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Plains Histories
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous