Ditch of dreams : the Cross Florida Barge Canal and the struggle for Florida's future /

Ditch of dreams : the Cross Florida Barge Canal and the struggle for Florida's future /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Noll, Steven.
Imprint:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2009.
Description:	xi, 394 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Florida history and culture series
Subject:	Carr, Marjorie Harris. Carr, Marjorie Harris. Canals -- Florida -- Design and construction -- History. Environmentalism -- Florida -- History. Canals -- Design and construction. Ecology. Economic history. Environmentalism. Politics and government Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway (Fla.) -- History. Florida -- Economic conditions. Oklawaha River (Fla.) -- Environmental conditions. Florida -- Environmental conditions. Florida -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. Florida -- Politics and government -- 1951- Florida. Florida -- Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway. Florida -- Oklawaha River. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7849359

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Other authors / contributors:	Tegeder, David.
ISBN:	9780813034065 (alk. paper) 081303406X (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Introduction
1. Surveys and Steamboats
2. Boom or Boondoggle?
3. The Dream Deferred
4. Groundbreaking, Breaking Ground
5. New Visions, New Strategies
6. Floating Logs, Dying Trees, and Clogging Weeds
7. Death of a Dream
Epilogue: From Canal to Greenway
Appendix: Guide to Manuscript Collections by Location
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index