The oasis this time : living and dying with water in the west

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Label

The oasis this time : living and dying with water in the west

Title remainder

living and dying with water in the west

Statement of responsibility

Rebecca Lawton

Creator

• Lawton, Rebecca

Author

• Lawton, Rebecca

Subject

• Rivers
• Rivers -- West (U.S.)
• Climatic changes
• Water conservation
• Water conservation -- West (U.S.)
• United States, West
• Climatic changes -- West (U.S.)

Language

eng

Summary

Water, the most critical fluid on the planet, is seen as savior, benefactor, and Holy Grail in these fifteen essays on natural and faux oases. Fluvial geologist and former Colorado River guide Rebecca Lawton follows species both human and wild to their watery roots--in warming deserts, near rising Pacific tides, on endangered, tapped-out rivers, and in growing urban ecosystems./Lawton thoroughly and eloquently explores human attitudes toward water in the West, from Twentynine Palms, California, to Sitka, Alaska. A lifelong immersion in all things water forms Lawton's deep thinking about living with this critical compound and sometimes dying in it, on it, with too much of it, or for lack of it. The Oasis This Time, the inaugural Waterston Desert Writing Prize winner, is a call for us to evolve toward a sustainable and even spiritual connection to water. -- provided by publisher

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

333.9116

Index

no index present

LC call number

TD223.6

LC item number

.L39 2019

Literary form

non fiction