BOOK CLUB IN A BAG : The death and life of the Great Lakes
Title:
BOOK CLUB IN A BAG : The death and life of the Great Lakes
Author:
Egan, Dan, author.
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Publication Information:
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
©2017
Physical Description:
10 books (xix, 364 pages), in a bag ; 22 x 16 x 8 in. + laminated sheets.
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General Note:
Bag contains 10 paperback copies of the book, laminated reading guide, author information, and contents sheets.
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Language:
English
Contents:
The front door. Carving a fourth seacoast : dreams of a seaway ; Three fish : the story of lake trout, sea lampreys; and alewives ; The world's great fishing hole : the introduction of coho and chinook salmon ; Noxious cargo : the invasion of zebra and quagga mussels -- Back door. Continental undivide : Asian carp and Chicago's backwards river ; Conquering a continent : the mussel infestation of the West ; North America's dead sea : toxic algae and the threat to Toledo's water supply -- The future. Plugging the drain : the never-ending threat to siphon away Great Lakes water ; A shaky balancing act : climate change and the fall and rise of the lakes ; A Great Lake revival : charting a course toward integrity, stability, and balance.
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Book