Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner

Cadillac Desert

Marc Reisner

582 pages first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
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Newly updated, this timely history of the struggle to discover and control water in the American West is a tale of rivers diverted and damned, political corruption and intrigue, billion-dollar battles over water rights, and economic and ecological...

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Moods

informative 100%
challenging 33%
sad 30%
reflective 28%
adventurous 10%
funny 7%
dark 5%
inspiring 2%
tense 2%

Pace

slow 71%
medium 25%
fast 2%

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4.27

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