A Story that Stands Like a Dam: Glen Canyon and the Struggle for the Soul of the West - Softcover

Martin, Russell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1607815672 ISBN 13: 9781607815679

Publisher: University of Utah Press, 2017

Synopsis

Winner of the Caroline Bancroft History Prize, with a new foreword by the author 

About this title

About the Author

Russell Martin directed and produced the award-winning documentaryfilm Beautiful Faces, which received the Humanitarian Outstanding Achievement Award from the Accolade Global Film Awards, and he produced and cowrote the award-winning documentary film Two Spirits, which was featured on the PBS series "Independent Lens." He is also the author of two novels and several works of nonfiction.

From Library Journal

Completed in 1963, the Glen Canyon Dam is a symbol of the conflict between progress and preservation which dogs virtually every Western water project. Fledgling conservation organizations, particularly the Sierra Club, organized public opposition to the dam, which provided water to six dry Western states but also flooded out some beautiful canyon lands. Martin puts the dam project into historical perspective and presents a balanced review of its benefits and liabilities. He also discusses the dominant personalities on both sides of the conflict: the Sierra Club's David Brower, Federal Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Floyd Dominy (two men John McPhee profiled in Encounters with the Archdruid , Farrar, 1971), and Interior Secretary Stewart Udall. A good choice for the public policy collections of public and academic libraries, this book is especially relevant for Southwestern libraries.-- Laurie Tynan, Montgomery Cty.
Norristown P.L., Pa.
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Edition details

• Publisher: University of Utah Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1607815672
• ISBN 13: 9781607815679
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376