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Dave: IMG Jim Lynch Makes Landscape Art... Out of Text

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jimlynchIf Carl Hiaasen set one of his novels on a residential stretch of boundary line between British Columbia and Washington, or if Richard Russo's characters had relatives in the Pacific Northwest, the result might be something like Jim Lynch's Border Songs. Continue »
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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water

by Marc Reisner

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water Cover

Awards

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Newly updated, this timely history of the struggle to discover and control water in the American West is a tale of rivers diverted and damned, political corruption and intrigue, billion-dollar battles over water rights, and economic and ecological disaster. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Photos.

Review:

"Reisner captures Western water history in Cinemascope and Technicolor. Cadillac Desert is timely and of national importance. Hurry up and read this book." The Washington Post

Review:

"A revealing, absorbing, often amusing, and alarming report." The New York Times Book Review

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [522]-564) and index.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780140178241
Subtitle:
The American West and Its Disappearing Water
Author:
Reisner, Marc
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Location:
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :
Subject:
Description and travel
Subject:
Nature
Subject:
History
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Environmental Conservation & Protection
Subject:
West (u.s.)
Subject:
United States - State & Local
Subject:
Water-supply
Subject:
Water resources development
Subject:
Political corruption
Subject:
Irrigation
Subject:
Political corruption -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Subject:
United States - State & Local - General
Subject:
Environmental - Water Supply
Subject:
General Nature
Subject:
Irrigation -- Government policy.
Copyright:
1993
Edition Number:
Rev. and updated
Edition Description:
Revised and Upd
Series Volume:
Bd. 17
Publication Date:
June 2003
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
582
Dimensions:
8.36x5.52x1.09 in. 1.05 lbs.
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