Damming the Osage: The Conflicted Story of Lake of the Ozarks and Truman Reservoir
- ISBN-10
- 0967392586
- ISBN-13
- 9780967392585
- Category
- Bagnell Dam (Mo.)
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-11-01
- Publisher
- Lens & Pens Press
- Authors
- Leland Payton, Crystal Payton
Description
If changed by development, the authors found the present Osage valley landscape expressive. Illustrated with hundreds of color photographs, period maps, and vintage images, this book tells the dramatic saga of human ambition pitted against natural limitations and forces beyond man's control.
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