Susquehanna, River of Dreams

by Susan Q. Stranahan

Overview

In Susquehanna, River of Dreams award-winning journalist Susan Q. Stranahan tells the sweeping story of one of America's great rivers – ranging in time from the Susquehanna's geologic origins to the modern threats to its eco-system, describing human settlements, industry and pollution, and recent efforts to save the river and its "drowned estuary," the Chesapeake Bay. The result is a unique natural history of the vast Susquehanna watershed and a compelling look at environmental issues of national importance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801851476
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	03/01/1995
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	504,000
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Susan Q. Stranahan is an award-winning journalist who was a member of the Philadelphia Inquirer team awarded a 1980 Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Three Mile Island accident. She is the co-author of Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster and Beyond the Flames: One Toxic Dump, Two Decades of Sorrow.

Table of Contents

Preface
Prologue
Chapter 1. Geology – "Nature's Handiwork on Display"
Chapter 2. Economic Development – "A Race For the River!"
Chapter 3. Logging – "The Trees Came Down Like Tall Grass"
Chapter 4. Floods – "We Are Going to Try to Beat the River"
Chapter 5. Pollution – "A Trifling Inconvenience"
Chapter 6. Nuclear Development – "There Is Absolutely No Danger"
Chapter 7. Farming – "Stewards of This Garden"
Chapter 8. Shad Restoration – "You Can't Be Half-Hearted"
Chapter 9.The River and the Bay – "A Long-Term investment"
Epilogue
Recommended Reading
Index

Editorial Reviews

Susan Q. Stranahan could well know more about the present natural state of the Susquehanna River and its 27,500-square-mile watershed than anyone . . . She has written a fine book, well-researched and detailed, a thrilling account.
—Richard L. Stanton, Philadelphia Inquirer

An eminently readable, nicely researched tour de force that goes on my must-reading list for anyone interested in knowing the Chesapeake Bay.
—Tom Horton, Baltimore Sun

This excellent book about the Susquehanna River is as good as, and maybe better than, the celebrated Rivers of America series books . . . Much more comprehensive than most river histories published before the recent rise of concern about dangerous water pollution.
—John Goodspeed, Easton Star-Democrat

From the Publisher

This excellent book about the Susquehanna River is as good as, and maybe better than, the celebrated Rivers of America series books . . . Much more comprehensive than most river histories published before the recent rise of concern about dangerous water pollution.

Easton Star-Democrat - John Goodspeed

Susan Q. Stranahan could well know more about the present natural state of the Susquehanna River and its 27,500-square-mile watershed than anyone . . . She has written a fine book, well-researched and detailed, a thrilling account.

Philadelphia Inquirer - Richard L. Stanton

An eminently readable, nicely researched tour de force that goes on my must-reading list for anyone interested in knowing the Chesapeake Bay.

Baltimore Sun - Tom Horton

This excellent book about the Susquehanna River is as good as, and maybe better than, the celebrated Rivers of America series books... Much more comprehensive than most river histories published before the recent rise of concern about dangerous water pollution.

— John Goodspeed

Easton Star-Democrat

An eminently readable, nicely researched tour de force that goes on my must-reading list for anyone interested in knowing the Chesapeake Bay.

— Tom Horton

Baltimore Sun

Susan Q. Stranahan could well know more about the present natural state of the Susquehanna River and its 27,500-square-mile watershed than anyone... She has written a fine book, well-researched and detailed, a thrilling account.

— Richard L. Stanton

Philadelphia Inquirer