Great Lakes Journey: A New Look at America's Freshwater Coast (Great Lakes Books) - Softcover

William Ashworth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814328377 ISBN 13: 9780814328378

Publisher: Wayne State University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Great Lakes Journey An environmental travelogue that documents the changes in the Great Lakes since the publication of The Late, Great Lakes. Great Lakes Journey is a follow-up to William Ashworth's earlier book The Late, Great Lakes, published in 1986. Fifteen years after his first trip, Ashworth journeys to many of the same places and talks to many of the same people to examine the changes that have taken place alo... Full description

About this title

Review:

"Ashworth's message is clear and worthy. The Great Lakes are in terrible danger, and the greatest single source of that danger is not just mining or erosion or toxic rainfall but the lakes' 'ancient enemy, ' complacency and apathy."

Synopsis:

"Great Lakes Journey" is a follow-up to William Ashworth's earlier book "The Late, Great Lakes", published in 1986. Fifteen years after his first trip, Ashworth journeys to many of the same places and talks to many of the same people to examine the changes that have taken place along the Great Lakes since the 1980s. It is a poetic account of his 6000-mile trip, mixed with explanations of the scientific and poilitical realities behind the observed changes, reminiscences of his 1983 trip, and conversations with local residents - some of them scientists, and other simply people who care. Through personal observations, research and numerous interviews with scientists, activists and government agencies, Ashworth creates a detailed picture of the status of the Great Lakes at the end of the 20th century. Among the most prominent changes he finds are the arrival of the zebra mussel and other exotic species, the rise and fall of the RAP process for pollution cleanup, a growing public mistrust of government action, a substantial loss of habitat and biodiversity, and an explosion of urban sprawl along the shores of the Lakes.

Scholars and students of environmental studies and ecology and readers interested in the health of the Great Lakes should find this fresh look at one of America's endangered regions of value.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0814328377
• ISBN 13: 9780814328378
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288