Bibliograph

The Missouri, by Stanley Vestal ; illustrated by Getlar Smith ; maps by George Annand

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The Missouri, by Stanley Vestal ; illustrated by Getlar Smith ; maps by George Annand

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrationsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Missouri

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

720624

resource.references

Fitzgerald, C. Rivers of America, M7

Responsibility statement

by Stanley Vestal ; illustrated by Getlar Smith ; maps by George Annand

Series statement

The rivers of America

Summary

The Missouri is a story in itself. It is a thoroughly masculine river, a burly, husky bulldozer of a stream, which has taken on the biggest job of moving dirt in North America. Named the Big Muddy

Table Of Contents

HIGHWAY -- The father of navigation -- Missouri marathon -- Steamboat 'round the bend -- Long's dragon -- Princess of the Missouri -- The big muddy -- Beaver tails and wild honey -- BOUNDARY -- The Mormon migration -- Diving for furs -- Hell on the border -- Kaycee -- Ak-Sar-Ben -- Chief Blackbird and Sergeant Floyd -- The petrified man -- Range and grange -- OUTPOST -- Mountain men -- Standing rock -- Four bears -- Custer and Comanche -- Ghost dance -- The Missouri River women -- The Little Missouri -- Fort Union -- The great dam -- Honeymoon cruise -- White castles -- Chief Joseph's last battle -- Gypsies of the Upper River -- Great Falls -- The gates of the mountains -- Three forks

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