![]() ![]() There are slides and a good deal of textual information. is the website for the Lowell National Historic Park which interprets the history of the American Industrial Revolution in Lowell.Cities and Towns in Children's Literature.Featured Book with activities, related books and links. A River Ran Wild, by Lynne Cherry The author traces the environmental history of the river into the present, documenting the rivers destruction by industrial pollution and its eventual reclamation. Related Areas of Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site At the end of the book there is fishing on the river again but, realistically, it doesn't get back to its original pristine state. ![]() ![]() When we look at the river at this stage, it is a polluted mess and the campaign starts to clean it up. As the farm turns to city, the mill grows larger.Īt each stage, items taken from the river or made by its power are isolated and placed around the text. Later the first Europeans arrive and the first small farm with a small Waterloo is seen. Soon a Native American settlement can be seen there. The first humans arrive and find and use the bounty of the river. We start with the pristine river surrounded by woods and, around the text page facing that illustration, we see the birds and animals that once lived in and around the Nashua. The illustrations alone are a history book. By focusing on the life in and around the Nashua River, Cherry brings history, ecology and progress into view. This is a beautifully done biography of a river. This book was reviewed by Carol Otis Hurst in Teaching K-8 Magazine. ![]()
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