The great divide / Stephen Grace ; photographs by Jim Havey.

By:

Grace, Stephen [author.]

Contributor(s):

Havey, Jim [author.]

Material type:

TextPublisher: Guilford, Connecticut : TwoDot, 2015Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], 2015Description: pages cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

Audience:

General

ISBN:

9781442247253 (hardcover : alkaline paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

333.91009788 23

LOC classification:

TD224.C6 G73 2015

Contents:

Author's note -- Prologue -- Coping with scarcity : the first Coloradans -- Gold Rush and settlement : the origins of Colorado's water laws -- Abundance in a dry land : the rise of agriculture -- Dammed and diverted : harnessing Colorado's wild rivers -- Facing limits, finding connections : the environmental movement -- Crossing the great divide : from conflict to cooperation -- About the author and photographer.

Scope and content: "Written by Stephen Grace, the companion book to The Great Divide, a film by Havey Productions, will be a sweeping, magnificently illustrated story of Colorado water from the region's first inhabitants to the incoming settlers and developers to modern environmentalists"--Provided by publisher.

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Books	Idaho Springs Public Library	ANF	333.9 GRA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	30404100146586
Books	John Tomay Memorial Library	ANF	333.9 GRA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	31030100152222

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Written by Stephen Grace, the companion book to The Great Divide, a film by Havey Productions, will be a sweeping, magnificently illustrated story of Colorado water from the region's first inhabitants to the incoming settlers and developers to modern environmentalists"--Provided by publisher.

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