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The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Dan Egan
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Description for The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Dimension: 244 x 165. Weight in Grams: 550.
The Great Lakes-Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior-hold 20 percent of the world's supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan's compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come. For ... Read more
The Great Lakes-Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior-hold 20 percent of the world's supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan's compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come. For ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
549g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393246438
SKU
V9780393246438
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Ref
99-15
About Dan Egan
Dan Egan is a reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and a senior water policy fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Freshwater Sciences. He has twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and he has won the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, John B. Oakes Award, AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award, and J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award. ... Read more
Reviews for The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Dan Egan's deeply researched and sharply written The Death and Life of The Great Lakes ... nimbly splices together history, science, reporting and personal experiences into a taut and cautiously hopeful narrative... Egan's book is bursting with life (and yes, death).
Robert Moor - New York Times Book Review (cover review) Engaging ... [and] impeccably researched... Told ... Read more
Robert Moor - New York Times Book Review (cover review) Engaging ... [and] impeccably researched... Told ... Read more