Author: LORENTZ, Pare
Title: The River
Description: New York, Stackpole Sons, 1938. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. (60pp). Map, numerous illustrations. Very good/good. Jacket lacks rear inner flap and is edgeworn and chipped, but overall attractive. First edition. A handsome copy of what the jacket touts as "A National Drama in Pictures and Sound," this photo essay follows Lorentz's documentary "Rich Land, Poor Land" as it chronicles the overflowing Mississippi and the engineering marvels that tame it. .

Keywords: Americana


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