Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/62137to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great River Author: Boyce Upholt Narrator: Gabriel Vaughan Format: mp3 Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins Release date: 06-11-24 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 74 ratings Genres: Outdoors & Nature Publisher's Summary: Over thousands of years, the Mississippi watershed was home to millions of Indigenous people who regarded "the great river" with awe and respect, adorning its banks with astonishing spiritual earthworks. But European settlers and American pioneers had a different vision: the river was a foe to conquer. In this landmark work of natural history, Boyce Upholt tells the epic story of human attempts to own and contain the Mississippi River, from Thomas Jefferson's expansionist land hunger through today's era of environmental concern

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