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Book Field Excursions from the 2021 GSA Section Meetings

Download or read book Field Excursions from the 2021 GSA Section Meetings written by Joan Florsheim and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Living Waters

    Book Details:
  • Author : Loring Bullard
  • Publisher : Moon City Press
  • Release : 2020-07
  • ISBN : 9781734629002
  • Pages : 186 pages

Download or read book Living Waters written by Loring Bullard and published by Moon City Press. This book was released on 2020-07 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Living Waters: The Springs of Missouri, Loring Bullard explores the rich variety of Missouri springs, placing them in the state's patterns of settlement and development. From the founding of towns to the establishment of wagon-road rest stops to largely forgotten spas and resorts, Missouri springs were, and continue to be, centerpieces of the landscape. They were once cherished sources of drinking water, their purity unquestioned. They provided power for mills, stock water for manufacturing plants, and source waters for fish hatcheries. Their numbingly cold waters filled swimming pools and trout ponds at scores of camps and resorts, where Missourians escaped the summer heat. From the earliest times, springs were also sources of fascination. "Where does all that water come from? Why is it so cold?" Bullard gives us the science of spring hydrogeology; at the same time, he reminds us that springs were once revered symbols of renewal, purification, and everlasting life. They are no longer as central to the lives of Missourians. But are they still important to us? The answer to that question (and others) can be found in Living Waters.

Book Achieve the Honorable

Download or read book Achieve the Honorable written by Ike Skelton and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up during the Great Depression and World War II, Ike Skelton dreamed of joining the military. That dream was shattered when he contracted one of the most dreaded diseases of the era: polio. Far from abandoning hope, Skelton, after treatment at Warm Springs, Georgia, overcame his disability and went on to become a college athlete, a celebrated lawyer, a Missouri state senator, and a U.S. Congressman. Achieve the Honorable is the deeply personal tale of Ike Skelton’s determined journey from the small town of Lexington, Missouri, to Capitol Hill. During his years in the U.S. House of Representatives, Skelton became known as a bipartisan negotiator and a champion of the Armed Services. Throughout the decades, he helped steer the nation through its most dangerous challenges, from Communism to terrorism; took a leading role in the reform of the Department of Defense; dedicated himself to fulfilling the interests of his constituents; and eventually rose to become chair of the House Armed Services Committee during such pivotal events as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In addition to detailing Skelton’s political career and its accompanying challenges and triumphs, Achieve the Honorable provides inside glimpses into the lives of political titans like Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton. Along the way, we are treated to Skelton’s engaging humor and shrewd insight into twentieth- and twenty-first-century U.S. politics.

Book Damming the Osage

Download or read book Damming the Osage written by Leland Payton and published by Lens & Pens Press. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If changed by development, the authors found the present Osage valley landscape expressive. Illustrated with hundreds of color photographs, period maps, and vintage images, this book tells the dramatic saga of human ambition pitted against natural limitations and forces beyond man's control.

Book Missouri Landscapes

Download or read book Missouri Landscapes written by Jon L. Hawker and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this magnificent book, Oliver Schuchard provides more than sixty-five exquisite black-and-white photographs spanning his thirty-eight years of photography. In addition, he explains the aesthetic rationale and techniques he used in order to produce these photographs, emphasizing the profound differences between, yet necessary interdependence of, craft and content. Although Schuchard believes that craft is important, he maintains that the idea behind the photograph and the emotional content of the image are equally vital and are, in fact, functions of one another. The author also shares components of his life experience that he believes helped shape his development as an artist and a teacher. He chose the splendid photographs included in this book from among nearly 5,000 negatives that had been exposed all over the world, from Missouri to Maine, California, Alaska, Colorado, France, Newfoundland, and Hawaii, among many other locations. Approximately 250 negatives survived the initial review, and each of those was printed before a final decision was made on which photographs were to be featured in the book. The final choices are representative of Schuchard's work and serve to substantiate his belief that craft, concept, and self must be fully understood and carefully melded for a good photograph to occur. This amazing work by award-winning photographer Oliver Schuchard will be treasured by professional and amateur photographers alike, as well as by anyone who simply enjoys superb photography."--Publishers website.

Book Geohydrology of the Weldon Spring Ordnance Works  St  Charles County  Missouri

Download or read book Geohydrology of the Weldon Spring Ordnance Works St Charles County Missouri written by Douglas N. Mugel and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Water Resources of Missouri  1857 1926

Download or read book Water Resources of Missouri 1857 1926 written by Henry Claus Beckman and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Complex Justice

Download or read book Complex Justice written by Joshua M. Dunn and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1987 Judge Russell Clark mandated tax increases to help pay for improvements to the Kansas City, Missouri, School District in an effort to lure white students and quality teachers back to the inner-city district. Yet even after increasing employee salaries and constructing elaborate facilities at a cost of more than $2 billion, the district remained overwhelmingly segregated and student achievement remained far below national averages. Just eight years later the U.S. Supreme Court began reversing these initiatives, signifying a major retreat from Brown v. Board of Education. In Kansas City, African American families opposed to the district court's efforts organized a takeover of the school board and requested that the court case be closed. Joshua Dunn argues that Judge Clark's ruling was not the result of tyrannical "judicial activism" but was rather the logical outcome of previous contradictory Supreme Court doctrines. High Court decisions, Dunn explains, necessarily limit the policy choices available to lower court judges, introducing complications the Supreme Court would not anticipate. He demonstrates that the Kansas City case is a model lesson for the types of problems that develop for lower courts in any area in which the Supreme Court attempts to create significant change. Dunn's exploration of this landmark case deepens our understanding of when courts can and cannot successfully create and manage public policy.

Book Maryland Springs

Download or read book Maryland Springs written by Edmond George Otton and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Reports

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  • Author : Missouri. Division of Geological Survey and Water Resources
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1927
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 456 pages

Download or read book Reports written by Missouri. Division of Geological Survey and Water Resources and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Genesis of Missouri

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  • Author : William E. Foley
  • Publisher : University of Missouri Press
  • Release : 2014-03-12
  • ISBN : 0826260535
  • Pages : 380 pages

Download or read book The Genesis of Missouri written by William E. Foley and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2014-03-12 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the blending of diverse cultures in a land rich in resources and beauty is an extraordinary one. In this account, the pioneer hunters, trappers, and traders who roamed the Ozark hills and the boatmen who traded on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers take their place beside the small coterie of St. Louisans whose wealth and influence enabled them to dominate the region politically and economically. Especially appealing for many readers will be the attention Foley gives to common Missourians, to the status of women and blacks, and to Indian-white relations.

Book Energy Research Abstracts

Download or read book Energy Research Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The American Bar

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  • Author : James Clark Fifield
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1918
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 760 pages

Download or read book The American Bar written by James Clark Fifield and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book 1983 Virus Tolerance Ratings of Maize Genotypes Grown in Missouri

Download or read book 1983 Virus Tolerance Ratings of Maize Genotypes Grown in Missouri written by J. R. Wallin and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: