The Chicago River: A Natural and Unnatural History

Type

Book

Authors

Libby Hill

ISBN 10

0809335301

ISBN 13

9780809335305

Tags

United States, Midwest, State & Local, Rivers, Natural History

Description

Chicago owes its existence to the Chicago River. Had the Chicago portage French explorers Jolliet and Marquette used to access the Mississippi River system not been so near to Lake Michigan, the city would never have developed into the nation’s central transcontinental shipping point. The Chicago River: A Natural and Unnatural History presents the story of the making and perpetual remaking of the river by everything from preglacial forces to the interventions of the emerging and mighty city of Chicago. Libby Hill brings together years of original research and the contributions of dozens of experts to tell the Chicago River’s epic tale from its conception in prehistoric bedrock to the glorious rejuvenation it is undergoing today, and every exciting episode in between. - from Amzon

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