sentences:  In 1936 Skinner became the architect and first editor of the Rivers of America Series for the publishers Farrar & Rinehart.In an essay published in the early volumes of the Series she described the Series as being an exploration and interpretation of American folklife through the history, exploration, and flow of America's rivers.Originally conceived as 24 volumes, Skinner died March 27, 1939, from a coronary occlusion with arteriosclerosis.