Village of the Dammed: The Fight for Open Space and the Flooding of a Connecticut Town - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Brandeis University PressISBN-13:9781684582969ISBN-10:1684582962UPC:9781684582969Book Category:Nature, Political Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Ecology, Public Policy, United StatesBook Topic:Environmental Policy, State & LocalSize:8.94 x 6.14 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.6195Product ID:SC63P79GXW
Village of the Dammed: The Fight for Open Space and the Flooding of a Connecticut Town
The powerful afterlife of a town that was seized by eminent domain and flooded to create a reservoir, featuring new material which brings the story up to date. In the early 1940s, the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company flooded Connecticut's Saugatuck River Valley to create a reservoir that would meet the region's growing population. Under twelve billion gallons of water lay Valley Forge, once a...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Brandeis University PressISBN-13:9781684582969ISBN-10:1684582962UPC:9781684582969Book Category:Nature, Political Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Ecology, Public Policy, United StatesBook Topic:Environmental Policy, State & LocalSize:8.94 x 6.14 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.6195Product ID:SC63P79GXW
James Lomuscio has written for Gannett newspapers, the New York Times, the Connecticut Post, Stamford Advocate and has served as the editor of Westport News, Westport Magazine, and the associate editor of WestportNow.com. He is the author of the textbook Writing with Your Head and Your Heart: Balancing Logic and Emotion to Create Powerful Nonfiction and the book Imagination Revisited, Imagination...
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