Table of Contents

• List of Illustrations
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• PART I. FROM VESTA, NEBRASKA, TO CAPITOL HILL
• 1. Heartland Politician
• 2. On Capitol Hill
• 3. Environmental Awakenings
• PART II. THE DUNES
• 4. Save the Dunes
• 5. America's First Urban National Park
• PART III. THE DAM
• 6. An Army Corps Proposition
• 7. Reservoir Vexations
• PART IV. THE RIVER
• 8. Crosscurrents on the Kankakee
• 9. The Indiana-Illinois Tangle
• PART V. POLITICAL AND PERSONAL PROVENANCES
• 10. Life after Congress
• 11. Legacies
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Authors

About the Author

Jill P. May is professor emerita of literacy and language in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Purdue University. She was a member of Purdue University's Women's Studies and Jewish Studies programs. Her coedited textbook with Darwin L. Henderson, Exploring Culturally Diverse Literature for Children and Adolescents: Learning to Listen in New Ways , explored the elements of cultural diversity found within literary patterns.

Robert E. May is professor emeritus of history at Purdue University. His prior works include Slavery, Race, and Conquest in the Tropics: Lincoln, Douglas, and the Future of Latin America , and his edited book on Union and Confederate diplomacy, The Union, the Confederacy, and the Atlantic Rim . His most recent book is Yuletide in Dixie: Slavery, Christmas, and Southern Memory .