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Published by Novato, California, U.S.A.: Public Ink, 2006
ISBN 10: 0977237109ISBN 13: 9780977237104
Seller: The Warm Springs Book Company, Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. An attractive, near fine to fine copy in a fine, mylar protected DJ. Signed by J. Dietrich Stroeh, the subject of the book, on the title page over his name; 1st edition; very slight wear to top corner of front endpaper from erasure of a price or initials.The first part of the book is based on true events related to the unrelenting drought of the 1970s in Marin County and the efforts of J. Dietrich Stroeh, the General Manager of the Marin Municipal Water Board and his efforts to provide relief from the drought. The book moves forward to the present and future threat of global warming and becomes a speculative thriller on what can happen when the world runs out of water. 8vo., 419 pages. 0.0 0.0 0.0. Signed by Author.
Published by Novato, California: Public Ink, (2006) dj, 2006
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
SIGNED hardcover first edition - First printing. A combination of fact and speculation, this includes an account of the unrelenting drought in 1976-77 in Marin County (when it did not rain for 25 months) and the efforts of J. Dietrich Stroeh, the General Manager of the Marin Municipal Water Board and his efforts to provide relief from the drought. In addition, it jumps ahead to a future in which global climate change is a reality. SIGNED by J. Dietrich Stroeh, the subject of the book, on the title page over his name and also briefly INSCRIBED by him. Introduction by former state senator John Burton, afterword by Stroeh. xii, 419 pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.).