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Doom has been written into the california dream from the beginning. Writing with a signature command of his subject and with compelling resonance, marc reisner leads us through californias improbable rise from a large a dangerous place bookoutlet. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. Living in harms way high country news know the west. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world.
Mar 05, 2003 the late marc reisner s posthumously published jeremiad, a dangerous place. Reisner continued his activism and writing until his death in california in july 2000. This important book will appeal to many, including those outside the golden. A dangerous place by marc reisner i love the city of san francisco and have always wanted to live there. I have good books a dangerous place by marc reisner. The american west and its disappearing water 1986, a bestseller about western water history and politics and a fullblown critique of 20th century water development, especially in california and the west. The german government has agreed to release a british subject from prison, but only if he is handed over to a family member. For all fans of marc reisner who mourn that he died too soon, this is a tooshort but tantalizing glimpse at what his next book would have been. A dangerous place download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The american west and its disappearing water 1986, a book describing the role of water rights and water use in. The american west and its disappearing water 1986, a book describing the role of water rights and water use in the history and development of the western united states. Writing with a signature command of his subject and with compelling resonance, marc reisner leads us through californias improbable rise from a largely desert land to the most populated state in the nation, fueled by an economic engine more productive than all of africa. Californias unsettling fate reprint by reisner, marc isbn.
Environmental writer and advocate, marc reisner was born in 1948 in minneapolis, minnesota. Marc reisner, an environmental writer and advocate best known for his book cadillac desert. In the west, it is said, water flows uphill toward money. Marc reisner 19482000, an environmental writer who became a celebrity in the water world, was the author of cadillac desert. Read download a dangerous place pdf pdf book library. Mar 07, 2006 the late marc reisner, who so wonderfully chronicled californias water wars in cadillac desert, has now given us a dire warning from the grave.
Reisner concludes a dangerous place with a hypothetical but chillingly realistic description of such a disaster and its horrifying after effects. The american west and its disappearing water should continue to shape debate about. But this little book goes beyond the usual chicken little routine about earthquakes, familiar to any. The author, an expert on the environment who died in 2000, proposes in this, his final book, that a great number of californians are going to be killed, injured and rendered. Reisner s classic, cadillac desert, chronicled the mismanagement of the water supply in the west, including in california, with dire consequences for. Reisner died of colon cancer in 2000 at his home in san anselmo, california, survived by his wife, biochemist lawrie mott, and their two daughters. A dangerous place is the last public testament of the late marc reisner, whose landmark book cadillac desert.
He was born in minneapolis, minnesota, the son of a lawyer and a scriptwriter, and graduated from earlham college in 1971. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The american west and its disappearing water, and a dangerous place. Marc reisner books list of books by author marc reisner. Maps on lining papers in a dangerous place, marc reisner leads us through californias improbable history and rise from a largely desert land to the most populated state in the nation, fueled by an economic engine more productive than all of africa. On a fine yet chilly morning, as she walks toward fitzroy square a place of many memories she is intercepted by brian huntley and robert macfarlane of the secret service. Jun 01, 2009 a dangerous place by marc reisner i love the city of san francisco and have always wanted to live there.
Traces the history of california from a largely desert area to a region that has become the most populated state in the country in spite of water supply problems and the certainty of devastating earthquakes. A dangerous place audiobook by jacqueline winspear. Jul 27, 2004 a dangerous place by marc reisner, 9780142003831, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. This important book will appeal to many, including those outside the golden state. Marc reisners posthumously published book, a dangerous place. Get ebooks cadillac desert 2 on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free. Patterson journalism fellowship and began the research for cadillac desert.
In a dangerous place, marc reisner, the author of cadillac desert, the classic history of the american west and its fatal dependence on water, returns to the. Californias unsettling fate the uncorrected proof copy of reisner s posthumously published examination of californias geologically volatile past and his vision of its future. Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in the book search column. In a dangerous place, marc reisner, the author of cadillac desert, the classic history of the american.
Jul 27, 2000 reisner s book was ranked by the modern library as 61st on a list of the 100 most notable englishlanguage books of the 20th century. In a dangerous place, marc reisner leads us through californias improbable history and rise from a largely desert land to the most populated state in the nation, fueled by an economic engine more productive than all of africa. This book reminded me of one reason not to move there maybe the only one, really. Californias unsettling fate, looks at california and its earthquakes, and. About the author marc reisner worked for many years at the natural resources defense council. In a dangerous place, author marc reisner, best known for cadillac desert, his seminal examination of the environmental and economic consequences of water policies in the american west, illuminates the folly of our urban planning amid the inevitability of a repeat of a 1906type cataclysm. Patterson journalism fellowship and began the research for cadillac desert, which was a national book critics circle award nominee, the subject of a pbs television series, and was included in the modern librarys list of the twentieth centurys 100 best nonfiction books in english. The undercover pursuit of wildlife poachers and a dangerous place. Ebook cadillac desert as pdf download portable document format. Californias unsettling fate by marc reisner online at alibris. A dangerous place by marc reisner, 2003, pantheon books edition, in english a dangerous place 2003 edition open library.
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