Vision in the desert
Subtitle: Carl Hayden and hydropolitics in the American Southwest
By: by Jack L. August, Jr.
Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Fort Worth
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Hayden, Carl Trumbull, 1877-1972.; United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.; Legislators -- United States -- Biography.; Water conservation -- Political aspects -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th century.; Water resources development -- Political aspects -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th century.; Arizona -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Description: "Set in both the arid lands of Arizona and the political backdrop of Washington, D.C., Vision in the Desert documents the life and career of longtime Arizona senator, Carl Hayden. One of the most powerful figures in the United States Congress, Hayden's public service career, centered on water and its distribution, is inseparable from the history of the West and the development of arid lands."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.