num_pages: 364
description: New York Times BestsellerWinner of the Los Angeles Times Book PrizeWinner of the J. Anthony Lukas AwardNimbly splices together history science reporting and personal experiences into a taut and cautiously hopeful narrative. Egans book is bursting with life (and yes death). Robert Moor New York Times Book Review The Great LakesErie Huron Michigan Ontario and Superiorhold 20 percent of the worlds supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egans compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come. 20 illustrations maps
language: English
title: The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company