Man Who Made It Rain: A True Story Based on the Experiences of J. Dietrich Stroeh - Hardcover

McCarthy, Michael J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0977237109 ISBN 13: 9780977237104

Publisher: Public Ink, 2006

Synopsis

With climate change threatening the entire planet, The Man Who Made it Rain is a fable our time and a warning signal about our future. Journalist Michael McCarthy weaves together a narrative of real life events that occurred during an unrelenting drought in 1976-77 in Marin County, California. He then jumps ahead to the present day when global climate change is becoming harsh reality, and projects forward to a fictional future when weather-related disasters create havoc around the globe. As the past, present and future come together in a triple climax, the reader gets a horrifying glimpse of what happens when the world runs out of water.

About this title

About the Author:

Journalist Michael McCarthy writes about environmental topics, social change and outdoor issues for San Francisco-area publications. He is the author of travel guidebook Picnics in Paradise: Short Walks and Easy Bike Rides in Wine Country and Marin County. From 1992 to 1997 Michael achieved international recognition as editor and publisher of Spare Change, a controversial magazine sold on the streets of Vancouver, British Columbia, by homeless and street-involved people. For his work with the homeless, Michael was awarded the Ethics in Action Award in 1997 by Canadian Businesses For Social Responsibility, and was featured extensively on international television, radio and newspapers. His journalism experiences appear in The Book of Revelations: A Journalist Spends Five Years on the Street.

About this edition

• Publisher: Public Ink
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0977237109
• ISBN 13: 9780977237104
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 419