The American River
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Lower American River
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Author : Sacramento Public Library Authority
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2021
Lower American River written by Sacramento Public Library Authority and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with History categories.
Flowing through Sacramento County, the American River has long been a dynamic neighbor to those living along its waters. As the American River flooded, its banks were leveed, and its course was corrected to allow for further settlement and industry. Sacramento, in a feat of civic engagement, raised its business district above the floodplain, echoing the earthen mounds the Nisenan people used to raise their homes. Massive dredgers tore the riverbed in search of California's famous mineral. Railroad tracks, and later roads, were built to accommodate for more and more people living along its banks. The American River pressed those banks, but the residents of the Sacramento Valley persisted and created a vibrant capital for one of the world's largest economies.
American River Tributaries
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Author : Mallory M. O’Connor
language : en
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Release Date : 2017-06-29
American River Tributaries written by Mallory M. O’Connor and has been published by Archway Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-29 with Fiction categories.
In the mid-1800s, three immigrant familiesIrish, Japanese, and Mexicansettle along the American River in Northern California. A century later, only one family remains. Owen McPhalans Mockingbird Valley Ranch is still a thriving family business in 1959. But when his wife, Marian, leaves Mockingbird to follow her dream of becoming a successful artist, she ignites a firestorm that impacts the descendants of all three families. As artists, musicians, writers, and politicians inherit their immigrant parents hopes, they are torn apart by ambition, prejudice, and deception while struggling through the turbulent 1960s. From the concert halls of Europe to Kyotos ancient avenues, and Manhattans artists lofts to San Franciscos North Beach, they each learn the price they must pay in order to realize their dreams. But just as the river is drawn to the sea, they eventually find themselves pulled back to the place that forged the original link between their destiniesa place called Mockingbird. American River: Tributaries follows three California families as the descendants of Irish, Japanese, and Mexican immigrants embark on unique journeys to pursue their dreams amid an unsettled 1960s world.
Water Gold Soil
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Author : Sayler/Morris (Artist group)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Water Gold Soil written by Sayler/Morris (Artist group) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Art categories.
Water Gold Soil: The American River tells the story of a single flow of water in present-day California from origin to end use. Beginning at the river's headwaters in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, the book follows the water through pipes and dams, past Sutter's Mill and the birthplace of the Gold Rush, to the corporate agricultural fields until it eventually disappears into the ground, finding veins in the soil. Including a short essay by Elizabeth Kolbert, the book brings together a series of narrative text, photographs, and archival images that represent the history of extraction in California and testify to the social and ecological consequences of watershed colonialism.
The American River
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Author : Conservation Alliance
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
The American River written by Conservation Alliance and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with American River (Calif.) categories.
An American River
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Author : Mary Bruno
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-05-01
An American River written by Mary Bruno and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-01 with Passaic River (N.J.) categories.
"We were afraid of its impenetrable darkness. Afraid of its industrial smell. We were afraid of the things that lived beneath its surface and the things that had died there. We were afraid of spotting a hand or a head bobbing in the rafts of garbage that floated by. We were afraid of submerged intake valves that sucked water into the factories along the banks. We were afraid of the river's filth. It wasn't the kind of filth that came from playing with your friends. It was grownup filth. The kind that scared the blue out of water and coated the riverbank with oily black goo. It was the kind of filth you could taste, the kind that could make you sick, maybe even kill you. We were afraid of getting splashed with river water or of touching river rocks. We were afraid of falling in or-God forbid-going under. We were afraid of the river's anger at being so befouled, and afraid, most of all, of the revenge we felt certain the river would exact." New Jersey's Passaic River rises in a pristine wetland and ends in a federal Superfund site. In "An American River," author and New Jersey native Mary Bruno kayaks its length in an effort to discover what happened to her hometown river. The Passaic's wildly convoluted course invites detours into the river's flood-prone natural history, New Jersey's unique geology, the corrupt practices of the Newark chemical plant that produced Agent Orange and poisoned the river with dioxin, and into the lives of an unforgettable cast of characters who have lived and worked along the Passaic and who are trying, even now, to save it. Part natural history, part personal history, part rollicking adventure, the book is a narrative meditation on the wonder of nature, the enduring ties of family, and the power of water and loss. "My great grandmother liked to say, 'Don't shit in the nest, '" writes Bruno. "The Passaic River is an object lesson in what can happen when we ignore that simple, salty advice." ""An American River" is an intricate and satisfying braid of memoir, history, science, nature writing, and acute social observation. This is an invigorating and hopeful book, and its sense of wonder is infectious. It's not, I think, too great a stretch to say that it holds its own on the shelf alongside "Walden," "Silent Spring" and "A Sand County Almanac."" Jonathan Raban Author of "Driving Home: An American Journey"
Gold Gold From The American River
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Author : Don Brown
language : en
Publisher: Flash Point
Release Date : 2011-02-15
Gold Gold From The American River written by Don Brown and has been published by Flash Point this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
When James Marshall found a small, soft shiny stone in a California stream, he knew it could only be one thing: Gold! His cry of discovery would be heard around the world. In the third installment of Don Brown's Actual Times series, Gold! Gold from the American River! is the story of the California gold rush--the uncharted journey across hostile land, the laborious process of panning for gold, the success of savvy entrepreneurs, and the fortunes of the marginalized, from slaves and American Indians to women and foreigners.
Conserving The American River
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Author : Alan Ehrgott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date :
Conserving The American River written by Alan Ehrgott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
The American River is one ofmany important rivers in theUnited States. It was foreverchanged after the California goldrush. In this book the founder ofthe American River Conservancy,Alan Ehrgott, describes theriver's history and his dedicationto protecting it. Read Ehrgott'sstory to learn how a passionfor protecting the environmentbecame his life's work.
American River Canyon
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Author : Rodi Lee
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2012
American River Canyon written by Rodi Lee and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
The American River Canyon below Auburn is seen as a natural and scenic area but still contains signs of an extensive historical past. This includes historic bridges and bridge sites dating back to the 1850s. The 1849 Gold Rush brought 75 years of mining that ended after massive dredges worked the river for its gold in the 1910s. Unique to the canyon is the Mountain Quarries Railroad, which traveled its way across 17 trestles and an elegant, still-standing concrete bridge to reach the main line in Auburn. The long-stalled Auburn Dam is the latest incarnation of earlier dams, like the 1890s Birdsall Dam that diverted water for 50 years through the North Fork Ditch to communities downstream.
The American River Basin Project Hearings Before A Subcommittee On Irrigation And Reclamation On H R 4152 And 4157 March 22 25 1948
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Public lands
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1948
The American River Basin Project Hearings Before A Subcommittee On Irrigation And Reclamation On H R 4152 And 4157 March 22 25 1948 written by United States. Congress. House. Public lands and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1948 with categories.
Rolling Rivers
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Author : Richard A. Bartlett
language : en
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Release Date : 1984
Rolling Rivers written by Richard A. Bartlett and has been published by McGraw-Hill Companies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Nature categories.
An encyclopedia of America's rivers. Hundreds of years' of local history about the nation's rivers and streams.