COLD RUNNING RIVER

C1993 SOFTCOVER, WEAR TO BTM EDGE UNIV MICHIGAN [ 1/1994] [CASSUTO, DAVID N.] PERE MARQUETTE RIVER REGION, MICHIGAN

From Publisher:

At a mere glance, Cold Running River has obvious regional and environmental appeal, but it goes far beyond those interests. Besides the fact that the Pere Marquette is a well-known, National Scenic River, and besides the fact that ecosystem management is a monumentally important and far-reaching topic, this book happens to read like a cold river runs: fast, refreshing, exuberant. It is special because David Cassuto has a beautiful way with the English language. Only he can make a chapter on lamprey eel infestation a gripping read. His style is so affecting, so warm, so "Norman Macleany"-you might be sitting on the river's bank, hearing the locals tell their tales of the river's history. That's what this book is: the river's history. It follows the miraculous course of the Pere Marquette: from its tumultuous glacial birth; to its devastation in the nineteenth century by unsustainable logging practices; to its recovery due to benign neglect. Cassuto approaches the river as both microcosm and metaphor; the controversies surrounding it speak to environmental and human dilemmas the world over.

Product Info

ISBN: 0472082388

ISBN-13: 9780472082384

Publisher: UNIV MICHIGAN

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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