Big River's Daughter
Big River's Daughter

Author: Bobbi Miller

Publisher: Holiday House

Published: 2013-10-04

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0823427692

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Raised by her pirate father on a Mississippi keeler, River is a half-feral river rat and proud of it. When her powerful father disappears in the great earthquake of 1811, she is on the run from buccaneers, including Jean Lafitte, who hope to claim her father's territory and his buried treasure. But the ruthless rivals do not count on getting a run for their money from a plucky slip of a girl determined to find her place in the new order. Filled with down-home humor, raucous hijinks, and one-of-a-kind characters, this historical novel captures the Mississippi River at a time when its denizens were as untamed as its waters.

The River's Daughter
The River's Daughter

Author: Vella Munn

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0812519302

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Dark Water has no cause to love the pale skins, the ones who killed her husband and indirectly caused her to miscarry their son. And Barr Connor has no love for the Rogue Indians, who enslaved him as a boy. But when fate throws them together in the Oregon frontier, Dark Water and Barr cannot ignore their growing feelings of passion.

Assam’s Dima Hasao Pearls of Big River
Assam’s Dima Hasao Pearls of Big River

Author: Ramu Upadhaya

Publisher: Zorba Books

Published: 2022-09-07

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 9393029652

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Assam’s Dima Hasao, portrays the author’s reverently observed contributions of the Dima Hasao’s founders and the mindset with which they administered the erstwhile North Cachar Hills District Council and compares subtly with the present rulers. It highlights the objectives behind modelling this type of autonomy package. Besides examining how far the Council has succeeded in achieving the envisaged safeguards for the commoners under the Sixth Schedule areas of Assam. Apart from pointing out some loopholes in the inherent delivery system, it finely lays down some development strategies. Ramu Upadhaya has dug out all pearls from his supposed Big River, namely, Dima Hasao. In this meticulous selection of prominent stories regaled herein from biographical, philosophical and autobiographical perspectives, the author analyses the share of contributions all the selected visitors to this part of Assam State made, to throw light on what they do; when, and where, and how for whom? This new title in the non-fiction series is self-explanatory in assessing the individual feat of all visitors to an abode of different entities – Dima Hasao, where the people have conflicting views and interests – a sharp, tangential and inspiring presentation!

Big River Rancing
Big River Rancing

Author: John O'Hara

Publisher: UNSW Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9780868406374

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Traces the history of the Clarence River Jockey Club and its contribution to Australian racing and the New South Wales Northern Rivers region.

Nch'i-wána, "the Big River"
Nch'i-wána,

Author: Eugene S. Hunn

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780295971193

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The mighty Columbia River cuts a deep gash through the Miocene basalts of the Columbia Plateau, coursing as well through the lives of the Indians who live along its banks. Known to these people as Nch’i-Wana (the Big River), it forms the spine of their land, the core of their habitat. At the turn of the century, the Sahaptin speakers of the mid-Columbia lived in an area between Celilo Falls and Priest Rapids in eastern Oregon and Washington. They were hunters and gatherers who survived by virtue of a detailed, encyclopedic knowledge of their environment. Eugene Hunn’s authoritative study focuses on Sahaptin ethnobiology and the role of the natural environment in the lives and beliefs of their descendants who live on or near the Yakima, Umatilla, and Warm Springs reservations.

Beyond the Big River
Beyond the Big River

Author: Chuck Lewis

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2006-06-07

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 0595843107

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The fateful trials of a wagon train crossing the Mississippi River; the entertaining conversation between two old-timers killing time instead of bad men; a sheriff with heart trouble still trying to do his job on the plains of Kansas; a touching Wyoming tale of an aging rancher out for revenge; a Boston lady discovering violence in Tombstone, Arizona; the poignant memoir of a youth facing a gallows in Texas; a wounded marshal caught up in a disturbing family death near Cripple Creek, Colorado; a desperate man full of love for his dying wife in Dodge City, Kansas; an Arizona posse out for the kill; and an injured gambler cared for by a traveling troupe of prostitutes in Nevada. Such are the men and women who fill the pages of ten new intriguing tales of the American west of the nineteenth century. These narratives of human interest are all wrapped up in themes of mystery, death, love, and dedication. Forgoing the standard heroics and shoot-'em-up action found in formula westerns, this collection of stories intimately explores the people and their continual struggle with themselves and each other as they seek their own brand of justice.

Daughter of the River
Daughter of the River

Author: Ying Hong

Publisher: Grove Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780802136602

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From her upbringing in the slums of Chongqing to her sexual and intellectual awakening to her search to unravel the mystery of her birth, a coming-of-age portrait by a renowned poet and novelist details her turbulent life against the backdrop of Communist China.

On the Big Rivers
On the Big Rivers

Author: Richard E. Messer

Publisher: Genoa House

Published: 2015-02-21

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 192697512X

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Canoeing from the source of the Missouri River high in the mountains of the Continental Divide down the rapids and over the dams of the upper Missouri to its confluence with the Mississippi and on down its broad waters to New Orleans, 3,800 miles, two young men undertake a voyage of adventure that every young person talks about, but few take. Travel with them in a time before cell phones and GPS as they are initiated into the age old perils of nature and explore the historic river towns along their route. Experience through vivid, first person story telling, the physical and emotional challenges they meet and overcome in their encounters on this pioneering journey down the two greatest rivers of America. This exciting narrative provides not only a pristine view of the beauties of these rivers as they were fifty years ago, but also dramatizes the damage we have done in contaminating, straightening, and commercializing our once bounteous water resources. Share this dream of inspiring adventure and experience the pioneering spirit that still lives in every young heart.

Big River Little Fish
Big River Little Fish

Author: Belinda Jeffrey

Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press

Published: 2011-04

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0702238287

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The compelling and cinematic second novel from Belinda Jeffrey, author of "Brown Skin Blue." "Big River, Little Fish"ais the highly anticipated second novel from Belinda Jeffrey. Set in South Australia during the 1956 Murray River flood, it tells the story of Tom Downs, a boy trapped between his way of reading the world and the world's way of seeing him. He lives in the town but likes it best down by Old Mother Murray, talking to his best friend, Hannah, and helping the outcasts who live in the shacks on her banks. But there's a big river coming and Tom feels like everything he loves and understands might be swept away and lost.aFrom the moment Tom Downs was born backwards ? the moment of his mother's death ? time has held him the wrong way round, like he's caught inside a fractured story. But the thing about the Murray River rising, the thing about Tom's town flooding, and the thing that takes him by surprise is not what Old Mother Murray takes away, but who she brings back.a"Big River, Little Fish" is a compelling tale of a boy growing up into manhood set against the dramatic and beautiful scenery of the Murray River in South Australia."

Four Great Rivers to Cross
Four Great Rivers to Cross

Author: Patrick Mendoza

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1998-04-15

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 0313079439

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Presenting a distinct historical perspective, these intriguing stories chronicle the history and culture of a people we call the Cheyenne (the Tse Tse Stus)-from creation accounts and the introduction of horses to the present. The stories are told as seen through the eyes of Old Nam Shim (which means grandfather) and a little girl named Shadow. Written to present the true story of the Tse Tse Stus, these accounts are accompanied by discussion questions, extension activities, a vocabulary list, and a glossary of Cheyenne terms. They are ideal as a reading supplement for anyone studying Western history, Cheyenne Indian wars, or the anthropology of the Cheyenne people, this book is a valuable resource for multicultural units.