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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Manning, Paul, 1954-
The Mississippi River / Paul Manning.
p. cm. -- (River adventures)
Includes index.
Summary: “Readers will travel through the heartland of
America to the bayous of Louisiana in this journey down the
Mississippi River. Learn about cities, the tributaries, and the
system of locks and dams on the mighty Mississippi River”--
Provided by publisher.
ISBN 978-1-59920-916-6 (library binding)
1. Mississippi River--Juvenile literature. 2. Mississippi River
Valley--Juvenile literature. I. Title.
F351.M33 2015
977--dc23
2012035418
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Design, editing, picture research by Paul Manning
Printed in <to come>
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Note to Teachers and Parents
Every effort has been made to ensure that the websites
listed on page 32 are suitable for children, that they are of
the highest educational value, and that they contain no
inappropriate or offensive material. However, because of the
nature of the Internet, it is impossible to guarantee that
the content of these sites will not be altered. We strongly
recommend that Internet access is supervised by
a responsible adult
.
Key to images
Top cover image:
The skyline of Minneapolis
Main cover image:
Cargo ships on the Mississippi
Previous page:
A North American bald eagle
This page:
Panorama of St. Anthony Falls, Minneapolis
Picture Credits
t = top, b = bottom, l = left, r = right
Front cover, Shutterstock/Ed Metz; title page, Shutterstock/Lori Skelton;
2-3, Wikimedia/Bobak Ha’Eri; 4, Dreamstime/David Mcshane; 5t (map),
Paul Manning; 5b, Dreamstime/John James Henderson; 6, Dreamstime/
Ben Zastovnik; 7b, Shutterstock/Deborah McCague; 7t, Peter Frischmuth/
argus/Still Pictures; 8, Shutterstock/Iofoto; 9t, Shutterstock/Tyler Olson;
9b, Dreamstime/Eldancer1; 10, Wikimedia/Ronfar623; 11t, Shutterstock/
Scott Milless; 11b, Wikimedia/Howard Morland; 12, Wikimedia/Pyrokat;
13t, Wikimedia/John Polo; 13b, Courtesy Mill City Museum, Minneapolis;
14, Shutterstock/Ed Metz; 15t, Dreamstime/Czuber; 15b, Shutterstock/
Karla Caspari; 16, Wikimedia/Daniel Ramirez; 17l, US Army Corps of
Engineers Digital Visual Library; 17r, Wikimedia/Robert Lawton; 18,
Shutterstock/Kavram; 19t, Shutterstock/Patrick Poendl; 19b, Agricultural
Research Service/US Dept of Agriculture; 20, Getty/Scott Olson; 21t,
US Army Corps of Engineers; 21b, Dreamstime/Anne Power; 22, David
Nance/Agricultural Research Service/US Dept of Agriculture; 22 inset,
Shutterstock/Laurin Rinder; 23t, Shutterstock/Henryk Sadura; 23b,
Bettmann/Corbis; 24-5, Shutterstock/Henryk Sadura; 25t, Shutterstock/
Ed Metz; 26, Dreamstime/Paula Stephens; 27t, NPL/Gerrit Vyn; 27b,
Dreamstime/Asterixvs; 28, Corbis/Danny Lehman; 29t, Getty/Mario
Tama; 29b, Dreamstime/Steve Allen; 31a, Shutterstock/Scott Prokop; 31b,
Shutterstock/REDAV; 31c, Shutterstock/Al Mueller; 31d, Shutterstock/
ckchiu; 31e, Shutterstock/Richard Goldberg; 31f, Shutterstock/LacoKozyna;
31g, Shutterstock/Brian Lasenby.
