{"product_id":"river-lost-paperback-by-blaine-harden","title":"River Lost Paperback by Blaine Harden","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eWW Norton\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1997-11-04)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e272\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780393316902\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e281.23\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.88 x 13.87 x 1.85\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA River Lost\u003c\/i\u003e is superbly reported and written with clarity, insight, and great skill.\"—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter a two-decade absence, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e journalist Blaine Harden returned to his small-town birthplace in the Pacific Northwest to follow the rise and fall of the West's most thoroughly conquered river.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHarden's hometown, Moses Lake, Washington, could not have existed without massive irrigation schemes. His father, a Depression migrant trained as a welder, helped build dams and later worked at the secret Hanford plutonium plant. Now he and his neighbors, once considered patriots, stand accused of killing the river.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAs Blaine Harden traveled the Columbia-by barge, car, and sometimes on foot-his past seemed both foreign and familiar. A personal narrative of rediscovery joined a narrative of exploitation: of Native Americans, of endangered salmon, of nuclear waste, and of a once-wild river now tamed to puddled remains.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nPart history, part memoir, part lament, \"this is a brave and precise book,\" according to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \"It must not have been easy for Blaine Harden to find himself turning his journalistic weapons against his own heritage, but he has done the conscience of his homeland a great service.\"\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlaine Harden\u003c\/b\u003e, an award-winning journalist, is a contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e and a former foreign correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Seattle, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46553104744609,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780393316902","price":20.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780393316902.jpg?v=1781726353","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/river-lost-paperback-by-blaine-harden","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}