Living Waters

Reading the Rivers of the Lower Great Lakes

AvMargaret Wooster

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

Fascinating stories based on the author's exploration of eight rivers in New York and Québec.In Living Waters, Margaret Wooster canoes, portages, camps beside, and wades into eight Great Lakes watersheds across New York and Québec, returning with her pockets full of original stories from these beautiful, boggy, and prehistoric waterways. From the history of hydropower development on the Niagara River to the search for a wizard's cave in the Zoar Valley, from a portrait of an urban creek in Buffalo, to the origins and demise of New France on the St. Lawrence, Living Waters offers a fascinating, first-person exploration of the rivers that impact our world's largest freshwater ecosystem.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-01-29
Mått:152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:431 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Excelsior Editions
Antal sidor:213
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791477038

Utforska kategorier

Naturhistoriska böcker inom Djur och Natur
Reseböcker inom Reseguider

Mer om författaren

Margaret Wooster is the author of Somewhere to Go on Sunday: A Guide to Natural Treasures in Western New York. She lives in Buffalo, New York.

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"General readers and students of natural history and conservation will find Living Waters a valuable addition to their collections." — CHOICE"…an easy-to-read tour de force of the complex issues, people, and cultures that have shaped our current ecological conditions." — Artvoice"…simply wonderful. Everyone interested in the natural history of our region should read this." — The Buffalo News"Living Waters explores tributaries and rivers that feed and drain to Great Lakes across New York State and down the St. Lawrence with an appreciation for their rich natural and cultural histories, and an awareness of their impact on the largest freshwater ecosystem in the world. Aldo Leopold, a guiding voice throughout, once said that the best way to nurture an environmental ethic in society is to help people see, feel, love and have faith in actual places. These river stories cultivate that intimacy." — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Chairman, Waterkeeper Alliance"This is a tremendously good book. People tend to overlook the magnificently aqueous nature of New York State and Living Waters does that watery topography a great deal of justice." — Bill McKibben"This is one of the most important and entertaining chronicles ever written of Great Lakes Country. Wooster is a sharp-eyed journalist, a talented writer, and a big-hearted member of the Great Lakes community." — Dave Dempsey, author of On the Brink: The Great Lakes in the 21st Century and Great Lakes for Sale

Innehållsförteckning

List of Illustrations Preface AcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1. The Global Context Part I. The Niagara Frontier2. What Is Niagara? Interlude: Harmonic Convergence, Niagara Falls3. Scajaquada: Portrait of an Urban Creek4. Buffalo River AbandonedInterlude: The Power of Water Part II . Beginnings5. Genesee Torture Tree: Rereading Little Beard’s Signs6. Zoar Valley GenesisInterlude: Killdeer and Other MysteriesPart III . The Eastern Door7. High Peaks, Cloud Lakes8. Oswego, Onondaga, and the Politics of Listing9. Le FleuveInterlude: Second Voyage10. Leopold RevisitedNotes BibliographyIndex