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ISBN10: 0826324282, ISBN13: 9780826324283, [publisher: University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM] Softcover Paperback. In low places consequences collect, and in all North America you cannot get much lower than the Imperial Valley of southern California, where one town, 186 feet below sea level, calls itself the Lowest Down City in the Western Hemisphere, and where the waters of the Colorado River sustain a billion-dollar agricultural industry. The consequences of that industry drain from the valley into the accidentally man-made Salton Sea, California's largest lake and a vital stopping place for migratory waterfowl. Today the Salton Sea is in desperate environmental trouble. Beginning with the Yuman-speaking tribes encountered by the Spanish in the sixteenth century, deBuys traces the exploration and development of the region through the Gold Rush of 1849, the government-sponsored surveys that followed, and the inept tinkering with the river by an assortment of irrigation and development interests that resulted in the floods that formed the Salton Sea nearly a century ago. He introduces us to a gallery of rogues and dreamers who saw a great future for this arid wilderness but could never refrain from interference with the forces of nature. A history of the Salton Sea, which has become a prophetic story of mounting environmental crises that impinge on the water supply of southern California's sixteen million people. Shipping may be from our Sydney, ...

University of New Mexico Press 2001 Revised ed. Trade paperback New Num Pages: 307 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AJ; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 215 x 26. Weight in Grams: 980. 2001. Revised ed. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.

ISBN10: 0826324282, ISBN13: 9780826324283, [publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr] Softcover reprint edition. 407 pages. 9.75x8.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.
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ISBN10: 0826324282, ISBN13: 9780826324283, [publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr] Softcover reprint edition. 407 pages. 9.75x8.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.
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ISBN10: 0826324282, ISBN13: 9780826324283, [publisher: UNIV OF NEW MEXICO PR] Softcover &Uumlber den AutorWiliam de Buys and Joan MyersKlappentextA history of the Salton Sea, which has become a prophetic story of mounting environmental crises that impinge on the water supply of southern Californ.
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ISBN10: 0826324282, ISBN13: 9780826324283, [publisher: University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico] Softcover AX5 - A paperback book SIGNED by William deBuys on the title page and also SIGNED and inscribed by William deBuys to previous owner on the half-title page in very good condition that has some bumped corners, wrinkled on the bottom spine, lightly wrinkled/wavy, light discoloration and shelf wear. Photographs by Joan Myers. Winner of the 1999 Western States Book Award for Creative Nonfiction. 10"x8.5", 307 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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ISBN10: 0826324282, ISBN13: 9780826324283, [publisher: UNIV OF NEW MEXICO PR] Softcover &Uumlber den AutorWiliam de Buys and Joan MyersKlappentextA history of the Salton Sea, which has become a prophetic story of mounting environmental crises that impinge on the water supply of southern Californ.
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