"Burn On"

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Introduction: River Cultures Of North America 1
6. The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries
7. Excerpts From Indian Legends Of Tlie Pacific Northwest 15
8. Excerpt From Inducements To The Liking Of The Voyage Intended Towards Virginia In 40 And 42 Degrees Of Latitude 23
9. Excerpt From Voyages Of Samuel De Champlain 25
10. Excerpt From "Good News From Virginia" 29
11. Excerpt From "Contemplations" 31
12. French Explorers On The Mississippi 35
13. "Some Proposals For A Second Settlement In The Province Ofpennsylvania" 39
14. The Eighteenth Century
15. "Upon The Drying Up That Ancient River, The River Merrymak" 43
16. Correspondence Of Benjamin Franklin And Mary Stevenson 45
17. Excerpt From Travels In North America 51
18. Excerpt From Notes On The State Of Virginia 55
19. Excerpt From Travels 62
20. "On Jordan's Stormy Banks" 69
21. Excerpt From A View Of The United States Of America 70
22. The Nineteenth Century
23. Excerpt From Original Journals Of The Lewis And Clark Expedition 77
24. "Morning On The Wissahiccon" 80
25. Excerpt From Delineations Of American Scenery And Character 84
26. "My Visit To Niagara" 89
27. Excerpt From A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers 93
28. Excerpt From A Pioneer's Search For An Ideal Home 97
29. "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" 101
30. Excerpt From The Company Of Adventurers 105
31. Excerpt From The Exploration Of The Colorado River 109
32. Excerpts From Life On The Mississippi [1883] And The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn 113
33. Excerpt From History Of The Johnstown Flood 119
34. Excerpt From The Conquest Of Arid America 125
35. The Twentieth Century
36. Excerpt From The River And I 131
37. The Owens Valley-Los Angeles Controversy 135
38. "The Negro Speaks Of Rivers" 139
39. "Of Man River" 141
40. "West-Running Brook" 143
41. Excerpt From The Land Of Feast And Famine 145
42. "Flat River Girl" 149
43. Excerpt From TVA: Democracy On The March 151
44. Excerpt From A Pima Remembers 158
45. Excerpt From Goodbye To A River 161
46. Excerpt From Silent Spring 165
47. "Roll On, Columbia" 169
48. Excerpt From Desert Solitaire 171
49. Excerpt From The Wild And Scenic Rivers Act 175
50. Excerpt From The Sound Of Mountain Water 179
51. "Burn On" 181
52. Excerpt From Pilgrim At Tinker Creek 183
53. Excerpts From Run, River, Run 185
54. Excerpts From A River Runs Through It 191
55. Excerpt From River Notes: The Dance Of Herons 195
56. Excerpt From Blue Highways 198
57. Excerpt From Rivers Of Empire: Water, Aridity, And The Growth Of The American West 200
58. Excerpt From River Of Traps 204
59. Permissions 208