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The trout pool paradox : the American lives of three rivers
- Title
- The trout pool paradox : the American lives of three rivers / George Black.
- Author
- Black, George, 1949-
- Publication
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QH105.C8 B57 2004 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- viii, 327 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
- Summary
- A fly fisherman presents an environmental history of America, exploring the paradox between trout rich rivers and the corporations that find them useful for industry, while also proposing solutions to these conflicting demands over a vital resource.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-325).
- Contents
- Book I: watershed -- The trout pool paradox -- The edgelands of Alfaro -- Foundation stones -- Subdue the Earth -- The cheering rays of civilization -- Fire on the mountain -- Ydawaix and Oldphogiz -- There but for fortune -- Dark Satanic mills -- The high cost of brass -- Book II: back to nature -- Foundlings of the Finny family -- The magic bullet -- Are locusts kosher? Adventures in entomology -- The pilgrim road -- Toxic politics -- Row v. Wade -- Reading the water -- The call of the wild -- Book III: listening to the river -- Stakeholders -- Fer fightin' over -- Floodwaters -- Zero discharge -- Old and in the way -- The ideology of salmon -- A fully fought case -- Riverness.
- ISBN
- 0618310800
- 9780618310807
- LCCN
- 2003056898
- OCLC
- ocm53485450
- 53485450
- SCSB-1325657
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library