Harden, Blaine.

A river lost : the life and death of the Columbia / Blaine Harden. - New York : W.W. Norton, c1996. - 271 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Library Journal. Publisher's Weekly. Wilson's Public Library.

Details the destruction of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest by well-intentioned Americans who saw only the benefits of the dam-building, power plant and irrigation projects, not realizing the longterm effects of killing the river.

Adult Follett Library Resources.

0393039366

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Economic development--Environmental aspects--Columbia River Region.
Economic development--Social aspects--Columbia River Region.
Environmental degradation--Columbia River Region.
Water resources development--History.--Columbia River Region
Economic development--Environmental aspects.
Economic development--Social aspects.
Water resources development--History.


Columbia River Region--Environmental aspects.

HC107.A195 / H37 1996

333.91/6215/09797