num_pages: 582
description: The story of the American West is the story of the relentless quest to control and allocate nature's most common, and the West's most precious, water. CADILLAC DESERT recounts this dramatic saga
language: English
title: Cadillac Desert
titlecomplete: Cadillac Desert
genres: Ecology, Nature, Politics, Environment, Westerns, Science, Nonfiction, American History, Economics, History
ratings_count: 10653
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Penguin Books