The Mobile River
Title | The Mobile River PDF eBook |
Author | John S. Sledge |
Publisher | Univ of South Carolina Press |
Total Pages | 613 |
Release | 2015-05-29 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1611174864 |
“A fine, fascinating book. John S. Sledge introduces us to four centuries worth of heroes and rogues on one incredible American river.” —Winston Groom, New York Times–bestselling author of Forrest Gump The Mobile River presents the first-ever narrative history of this important American watercourse. Inspired by the venerable Rivers of America series, John S. Sledge weaves chronological and thematic elements with personal experiences and more than sixty color and black-and-white images for a rich and rewarding read. Previous historians have paid copious attention to the other rivers that make up the Mobile’s basin, but the namesake stream along with its majestic delta and beautiful bay have been strangely neglected. In an attempt to redress the imbalance, Sledge launches this book with a first-person river tour by “haul-ass boat.” Along the way he highlights the four diverse personalities of this short stream—upland hardwood forest, upper swamp, lower swamp, and harbor. In the historical saga that follows, readers learn about colonial forts, international treaties, bloody massacres, and thundering naval battles, as well as what the Mobile River’s inhabitants ate and how they dressed through time. A barge load of colorful characters is introduced, including Native American warriors, French diplomats, British cartographers, Spanish tavern keepers, Creole women, steamboat captains, African slaves, Civil War generals and admirals, Apache prisoners, hydraulic engineers, stevedores, banana importers, Rosie Riveters, and even a few river rats subsisting off the grid—all of them actors in a uniquely American pageant of conflict, struggle, and endless opportunity along a river that gave a city its name. “Sledge brilliantly explores the myriad ways human history has entwined with the Mobile River.” —Gregory A. Waselkov, author of A Conquering Spirit
Saving America's Amazon
Title | Saving America's Amazon PDF eBook |
Author | Ben Raines |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 200 |
Release | 2020-10-13 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9781588383389 |
Journalist, filmmaker, and environmental activist Ben Raines turns his attention to Alabama's Tensaw Delta in this gorgeously illustrated and meticulously researched book. Identified by Raines and others as America's own Amazon, the Tensaw Delta is the most biodiverse ecosystem in our nation. This special book celebrates this most significant of Alabama's waterways while also chronicling how it is increasingly at risk.
Freshwater Mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee
Title | Freshwater Mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee PDF eBook |
Author | James David Williams |
Publisher | University Alabama Press |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780817316136 |
A comprehensive accounting of the richest mussel fauna in the US
Mobile of the Five Flags
Title | Mobile of the Five Flags PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Joseph Hamilton |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 460 |
Release | 1913 |
Genre | Mobile (Ala.) |
ISBN |
Environmental Setting and Water-quality Issues of the Mobile River Basin, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee
Title | Environmental Setting and Water-quality Issues of the Mobile River Basin, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee PDF eBook |
Author | Gregory C. Johnson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 78 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Electronic government information |
ISBN |
Comparison Between Agricultural and Urban Ground-water Quality in the Mobile River Basin
Title | Comparison Between Agricultural and Urban Ground-water Quality in the Mobile River Basin PDF eBook |
Author | James L. Robinson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 56 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Groundwater |
ISBN |
Water quality in the Mobile River Basin, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee, 1999-2001
Title | Water quality in the Mobile River Basin, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee, 1999-2001 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | 44 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1428984968 |