Mythical River: Chasing the Mirage of New Water in the American Southwest

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In a lyrical mix of natural science, history, and memoir, Melissa L. Sevigny ponders what it means to make a home in the American Southwest at a time when its most essential resource, water, is overexploited and undervalued. Mythical River takes the reader on a historical sojourn into the story of the Buenaventura, an imaginary river that led eighteenth- and nineteenth-century explorers, fur trappers, and emigrants astray for seventy-five years...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1609383931

ISBN13:9781609383930

Release Date:March 2016

Publisher:University of Iowa Press

Length:244 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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