Oneota Flow - The Upper Iowa River and Its People

Informationen zum Autor David Faldet is Jones Professor of English at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. Klappentext Faldet moves through the history of life along the now-polluted Upper Iowa, always focusing on the ways people depend on the river, the environment, and the resources of the region. He blends contemporary conversations, readings from the historical record, environmental research, and personal experience to show us that the health of the river is best guaranteed by maintaining the biological communities that nurture it. In return, taking care of the Upper Iowa is the best way to take care of our future. Zusammenfassung The river! like a keen memory! carries a record of the past. The author has spent forty years in the basin of the Upper Iowa River. In this book! he tells the story of the Upper Iowa as it flows through land and people! holding true to Aldo Leopold's conception of land as a community in which water! people! and soil play interactive parts.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David S Faldet, David S. Faldet
• Editore: University Of Iowa Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.04.2009
• EAN: 9781587297809
• ISBN: 978-1-58729-780-9
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: American Land and Life; American Land & Life Series; American Land & Life Series; American Land and Life; American Land & Life
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni