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Promotional poster for the novel The Jericho River.

A monument commemorating the Kentuckians killed in the massacre following the Battle of the River Raisin (23 January 1813) at the battlefield in present-day Monroe, Michigan. Photo by Notorious4life, July 2010.

An 1877 oil on canvas, Rowers on the Yerres River (aka The Oarsmen), by Gustave Caillebotte (1848-96) the French impressionist painter. The artists here gives a powerful impression of the effort required to row. (Private Collection)

Danube River delta in Romania.

Hathor is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated, later, with Isis and, earlier, with Sekhmet but eventually was considered the primeval goddess from whom all others were derived. She is usually depicted as a woman with the head of a cow...

An aerial view of Gao and the Niger River in Mali, West Africa. The river and trade along it were fundamental in the rise of African empires such as the Mali Empire (1240-1645 CE). Photo Credit: UN Photo/Harandane Dicko

An illustrated map of the Mediterranean from 700 BCE to 500 CE. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.

An illustrated map of medieval and early modern Europe. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.

A Roman marble statue depicting the River god Arno (the river which runs through Florence). First half of the 2nd century CE, although the head is a Renaissance replacement. (Vatican Museums, Rome)

The Missouri River. Photo taken by Hans Andersen in Bismarck, North Dakota, USA in 2004 from the vantage point of the The Meriwether Restaurant looking toward the north. The photo resonates in the line from the Cheyenne legend Old Woman's...