{"product_id":"9781557282927","title":"The Last River: Life Along Arkansas's Lower White","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith 68 compellingly beautiful photographs, Turner Browne documents a fast-disappearing way of life for the people who live on the lower White River and issues a plea to save the river from irreversible damage by the Army Corps of Engineers. By demonstrating that the endless dredging and flood control projects of the ever-active Corps are destroying the river's natural beauty and the livelihoods of those who make the river their only home - on houseboats and along its banks - he argues graphically and heroically for the preservation of a unique culture and of a great river. The black-and-white photographs, taken between Batesville, Arkansas, and the confluence with the Mississippi River, tell a story of loss, nostalgia, and fortitude as they portray the river's remarkable character and the exceptional lifestyles of acorn gatherers, sturgeon fishers, mussel divers, and others who extract a meager but satisfying existence from the river's resources. The damage the Corps of Engineers has wrought, including cleared forests, piles of debris, and \"containment structures,\" certainly tolls a death knell for much of this natural waterway. The Last River is a journey, a journey probably never to be taken again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Arkansas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035531002096,"sku":"9781557282927","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781557282927_p0.jpg?v=1763758389","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781557282927","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}