{"product_id":"north-woods-river-the-st-croix-river-in-upper-midwest-history-paperback","title":"North Woods River: The St. Croix River in Upper Midwest History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEileen M. McMahon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTheodore J. Karamanski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe St. Croix River, the free-flowing boundary between Wisconsin and Minnesota, is a federally protected National Scenic Riverway. The area's first recorded human inhabitants were the Dakota Indians, whose lands were transformed by fur trade empires and the loggers who called it the \"river of pine.\" A patchwork of farms, cultivated by immigrants from many countries, followed the cutover forests. Today, the St. Croix River Valley is a tourist haven in the land of sky-blue waters and a peaceful escape for residents of the bustling Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan region.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eorth Woods River\u003c\/i\u003e is a thoughtful biography of the river over the course of more than three hundred years. Eileen McMahon and Theodore Karamanski track the river's social and environmental transformation as newcomers changed the river basin and, in turn, were changed by it. The history of the St. Croix revealed here offers larger lessons about the future management of beautiful and fragile wild waters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEileen McMahon is assistant professor of history at Lewis University. Theodore Karamanski is professor of history at Loyola University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52611924132147,"sku":"9780299234249","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ZUxyanh3c1lmTmt1cXA3V0VpSzdmdz09.webp?v=1761839712","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/north-woods-river-the-st-croix-river-in-upper-midwest-history-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}