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BL
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1037174
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b791544
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| Main Entry
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Henderson, Norman,1960-
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| Title & Author
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Rediscovering the Great Plains : : Journeys by dog, canoe, horse /\ by Norman Henderson ; drawings by Robert Cook.
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| Publication Statement
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Baltimore :: Johns Hopkins University Press,, 2001.
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| Series Statement
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Creating the North American landscape
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1 online resource (xv, 214 pages) :: illustrations, maps.
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| ISBN
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080186688X
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: 0801875870
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: 9780801866883
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: 9780801875878
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-202) and index.
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| Contents
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Ch. 1. Night Vision -- Of the Moonlit Plains by Train -- Ch. 2. Dog -- Of the Dogs of the Old Plains and of Building a Travois -- Ch. 3. "Mush!" -- Of Plains Journeys through Heat, Snow, and Mosquitoes with a Remarkable Husky -- Ch. 4. Canoe -- Of the Extraordinary River Voyages of Plains Navigators -- Ch. 5. "En Avant!" -- Of Coyotes, Cattle, and Wire, and of the Many Wonders of the Prairie River -- Ch. 6. Horse -- Of the "Great Gift" of the Spanish and of What-Might-Have-Been -- Ch. 7. "Gee Up!" -- Of a Final Journey in the Great Valley and of Adventures with a Philosophical Horse -- Ch. 8. Day Flight -- Of Home and the View from Above.
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Transportation-- Great Plains.
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Transportation-- Qu'Appelle River Valley (Sask. and Man.)
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Canada.
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History Archaeology.
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Regions Countries - Americas.
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Transportation.
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TRAVEL-- General.
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Travel.
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Great Plains, Description and travel.
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Qu'Appelle River Valley (Sask. and Man.), Description and travel.
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Canada, Qu'Appelle River Valley.
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Great Plains.
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| Dewey Classification
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917.124/4
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| LC Classification
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F1074.Q34H46 2001eb
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