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Cadillac Desert:

The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition
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Penguin Group US, Jun 1, 1993 - Technology & Engineering - 608 pages
Beautifully written and meticulously researched.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This updated study of the economics, politics, and ecology of water covers more than a century of public and private desert reclamation in the American West.

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Intelligent, accurate and well researched. - Goodreads
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Combines great history and ecological insights. - Goodreads
this book is so well researched! - Goodreads
A long, well researched book that everyone should read. - Goodreads

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About the author (1993)

Marc Reisner worked for many years at the Natural Resources Defense Council. His Cadillac Desert was a National Book Critics Circle Award nominee. He died in 2000.

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TitleCadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition
“A” Penguin book
AuthorMarc Reisner
Editionillustrated, revised
PublisherPenguin Group US, 1993
ISBN0140178244, 9780140178241
Length608 pages
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History / United States / General
Technology & Engineering / Environmental / Water Supply
  
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