{"product_id":"saving-grand-canyon-byron-e-pearson-9781948908214","title":"Saving Grand Canyon: Dams, Deals, and a Noble Myth","description":"\u003cb\u003e2020 Winner of the Southwest Book Awards \u003cbr\u003e 2020 Spur Awards Finalist Contemporary Nonfiction, Western Writers of America \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Grand Canyon has been saved from dams three times in the last century. Unthinkable as it may seem today, many people promoted damming the Colorado River in the canyon during the early twentieth century as the most feasible solution to the water and power needs of the Pacific Southwest. These efforts reached their climax during the 1960s when the federal government tried to build two massive hydroelectric dams in the Grand Canyon. Although not located within the Grand Canyon National Park or Monument, they would have flooded lengthy, unprotected reaches of the canyon and along thirteen miles of the park boundary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaving Grand Canyon \u003c\/i\u003etells the remarkable true story of the attempts to build dams in one of America's most spectacular natural wonders. Based on twenty-five years of research, this fascinating ride through history chronicles a hundred years of Colorado River water development, demonstrates how the National Environmental Policy Act came to be, and challenges the myth that the Sierra Club saved the Grand Canyon. It also shows how the Sierra Club parlayed public perception as the canyon's savior into the leadership of the modern environmental movement after the National Environmental Policy Act became law. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The tale of the Sierra Club stopping the dams has become so entrenched--and so embellished--that many historians, popular writers, and filmmakers have ignored the documented historical record. This epic story puts the events from 1963-1968 into the broader context of Colorado River water development and debunks fifty years of Colorado River and Grand Canyon myths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Byron E. Pearson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948908212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948908214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nevada Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/14\/2020 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2020","brand":"Byron E. Pearson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48519694778623,"sku":"9781948908214","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e24e294c-8c7d-4b02-9240-52e231b4ae1b.jpg?v=1778738248","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/saving-grand-canyon-byron-e-pearson-9781948908214","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}