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"Beginning with an intriguing overview of the river's formation and characteristics, Ellis shows how the stream has helped shape Kentucky's environment, economy, and political culture. In centuries past, flotillas of flatboats carried whiskey, pork, and valuable raw materials downriver to markets in Louisiana. Later, the river became a source of entertainment as showboats brought theater, movies, music, and dancing to otherwise isolated communities.".
"Ellis also chronicles the effects of human interaction with the river. Bridges, ferry landings, locks, and dams appear around every bend, and individuals have continually tried to harness and control the river's power in the face of flood and drought. The book describes the environmental impact of settlement, logging, mining, and industrialization, developments that have sometimes tainted the Kentucky's mighty waters with silt, sewage, and trash."--BOOK JACKET.
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Interviews, Oral history, Biography, HistoryPlaces
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-219) and index.
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