| Cold Running River Contributor(s): Cassuto, David Nathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0472082388 ISBN-13: 9780472082384 Publisher: University of Michigan Press OUR PRICE: $30.64 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1994 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - Nature - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 977.458 |
| LCCN: 93033764 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.02" W x 9.01" (0.61 lbs) 162 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Michigan |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |