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Spearheading environmental change : the legacy of Indiana congressman Floyd J. Fithian /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: May, Jill P. (Author), May, Robert E. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Fithian, Floyd James, > 1928-2003.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Legislators > Indiana > Biography.
Environmentalists > United States > Biography.
Water resources development > Environmental aspects > Indiana > History.
Environmentalism > United States > History > 20th century.
Indiana Dunes National Park (Ind.) > History.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • From Vesta, Nebraska to Capitol Hill
  • Heartland politician
  • On Capitol Hill
  • Environmental awakenings
  • The Dunes
  • Save the Dunes
  • America's first urban national park
  • The dam
  • An Army Corps proposition
  • Reservoir vexations
  • The river
  • Crosscurrents on the Kankakee
  • The Indiana-Illinois tangle
  • Political and personal provenances
  • Political and personal provenances
  • Life after Congress
  • Afterword.