Mary A. Hood is Professor Emerita of Biology at the University of West Florida. She is the author of The Strangler Fig and Other Tales: Field Notes of a Conservationist.

List of Illustrations
Introduction

Part I. Small United States Rivers

Three Rivers: Writing Our World
Fossil Rivers: Apalachicola and Other Rivers of Three Corners
Willamette River: Mousing the Owl
Flathead River: Fires in the West
Tensaw River: Longleaf Magnolias
Cumberland River: Magnolias and Other Rare Plants of the Appalachians
Conhocton River: A New York State of Mind
Penobscot River: In Search of Moose
Klamath River: Forest Monoliths
Ellijay River: Applesauce
Alligator River: Tidewater Wolves and Swans
Yellow River: Conservation, Preservation, Restoration

Part II. The Amazon

Introduction to the Amazon
Cities of the Amazon
Amazon Water Lilies
Birds and Bats of the Amazon
Pacaya Samiria Preserve of the Amazon
Amazon Canopy Walkway
Insects of the Amazon
Trees of the Amazon

Part III. Other Great World Rivers

Mississippi River: The Atchafalaya Basin
Danube River: The Tizsa and the Hortobagy
Yangtze River: River of Change
Ganges River: One Lone Ibisbill and a Half-Billion People
Nile River: Tombs, Temples and Tourists

Conclusion
References
Index