The Platte: Channels in Time

by Paul A. Johnsgard

Book Overview

Arising in two separate streams high in the Rockies and flowing east across the plains to meet the Missouri near Omaha, Nebraska, the Platte River is a microcosm of the geologic, plant, animal, and human worlds. Way station for the sandhill cranes, home of the Plains Indians, and artery for the great westward migrations of the nineteenth century, the Platte Valley offers a rich diversity of life and history. Focusing on the central role the Platte...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803225601
• ISBN13: 9780803225602
• Release Date: March 1984
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"