Beautiful machine : rivers and the Republican plan, 1755-1825 / John Seelye

New York : Oxford University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xii, 430 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-401) and index. Contents: Prologue : The shadow of the dome -- Ancestral voices -- Fertile ground -- Garden bright with sinuous rills -- Flashing eyes and floating hair -- Beware! Beware! -- The fountain and the cave -- Damsel with a dulcimer -- Measureless to man -- Interlude : Milk of paradise -- Midway on the waves -- Stately decree -- Through wood and dale -- With music loud and long -- A miracle of rare device -- Mingled measures -- O, that deep romantic chasm -- Epilogue : ceaseless turmoil -- Textus : a note. Subjects: 1600-1899. American literature Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 History and criticism. Rivers United States History 18th century. Rivers United States History 19th century. American literature revolutionary period, 1775-1783 History and criticism. American literature 1783-1850 History and criticism. River engineering United States history. Rivers in literature. Litt�rature am�ricaine ca 1600-1775 (P�riode coloniale) Histoire et critique. Cours d'eau �tats-Unis Histoire 18e si�cle. Cours d'eau �tats-Unis Histoire 19e si�cle. Litt�rature am�ricaine 1775-1783 (P�riode r�volutionnaire) Histoire et critique. Litt�rature am�ricaine 1783-1850 Histoire et critique. Technologie fluviale �tats-Unis Histoire. 18.06 Anglo-American literature. American literature. American literature Colonial period. American literature Revolutionary period (United States)