{"product_id":"the-rivers-that-built-america-a-journey-through-history-wilderness-and-the-lifeblood-of-a-nation-9798199952309","title":"The Rivers That Built America: A Journey Through History, Wilderness, and the Lifeblood of a Nation","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Greg Buckley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ecosystems \u0026amp; Habitats - Rivers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerica was not only built by roads, railroads, and cities. Long before highways crossed the map, rivers carried the people, trade, food, danger, dreams, and conflicts that shaped the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Rivers That Built America\u003c\/b\u003e is a sweeping journey through the waterways that made the United States what it is. From the Mississippi and Missouri to the Columbia, Colorado, Rio Grande, Ohio, Hudson, Snake, Yukon, and more, Greg Buckley follows the current through history, wilderness, exploration, disaster, industry, and renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside these pages, you will travel with Lewis and Clark, drift into the age of steamboats, stand beside salmon runs and drowned waterfalls, enter the Grand Canyon with John Wesley Powell, and see how rivers became highways, borders, battlegrounds, sources of power, and lifelines for entire civilizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a dry textbook. It is American history told through moving water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow rivers became the first highways of North America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy cities, farms, and civilizations rose along riverbanks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Columbia, Colorado, and other rivers shaped American expansion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe explorers, riverboat pilots, fur traders, outlaws, floods, and legends tied to these waters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wildlife that depends on healthy rivers, from salmon and sturgeon to eagles, beavers, bears, and alligators\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow dams, pollution, and overuse changed America's rivers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy many rivers are now fighting their way back to life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with depth, warmth, and a storyteller's eye, \u003cb\u003eThe Rivers That Built America\u003c\/b\u003e is for readers who love American history, wild places, geography, exploration, conservation, road trips, national parks, and the hidden stories behind the landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter reading it, you may never cross a bridge the same way again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47968309051543,"sku":"9798199952309","price":1100.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798199952309.webp?v=1782917487","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-rivers-that-built-america-a-journey-through-history-wilderness-and-the-lifeblood-of-a-nation-9798199952309","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}