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The Man Who Dammed Hetch Hetchy: San Francisco's Fight for a Yosemite Water Supply Volume 8

The Man Who Dammed Hetch Hetchy: San Francisco's Fight for a Yosemite Water Supply Volume 8 - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Donald C. JacksonSeries:Public Lands History #8Publish date:8/12/2025Pages:372
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Oklahoma PressISBN-13:9780806195575ISBN-10:806195576UPC:9780806195575Book Category:History, Biography & Autobiography, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:United States, Cultural & Regional, EnvironmentalBook Topic:State & Local, Water SupplySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.94 inchesWeight:1.5322Product ID:SCJD5QVGWE

The Man Who Dammed Hetch Hetchy: San Francisco's Fight for a Yosemite Water Supply Volume 8

The damming of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park is widely seen as a watershed event in American environmental history. Passionately opposed by naturalist John Muir and his ardent supporters, the massive undertaking succeeded largely through the efforts of John R. Freeman, one of the most important, influential, and politically adroit engineers of the Progressive Era. In The Man Who...
Series: Public Lands History #8
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Oklahoma PressISBN-13:9780806195575ISBN-10:806195576UPC:9780806195575Book Category:History, Biography & Autobiography, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:United States, Cultural & Regional, EnvironmentalBook Topic:State & Local, Water SupplySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.94 inchesWeight:1.5322Product ID:SCJD5QVGWE
Jackson, Donald C.: - Donald C. Jackson, Cornelia F. Hugel Professor of History at Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, is the author of Building the Ultimate Dam.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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