Lucy Sante (Bard College)

Nineteen Reservoirs

On Their Creation and the Promise of Water for New York City

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Now in paperback: acclaimed author Lucy Santeâ s â eye-opening tale of the greed and corruption but also diplomacy and ingenuityâ (The Washington Post) involved in the creation of the upstate reservoir system that makes New York Cityâ s existence possibleâ but irreparably altered rural ecosystems and communities

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Experiment LLC
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 145mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9781891011726
• ISBN-10: 1891011723
• Artikelnr.: 69239709

Autorenporträt

Lucy Sante was born in Verviers, Belgium, and is the author of ten books, her first being Low Life (FSG, 1991). Sante's other books include Evidence , The Factory of Facts, Kill All Your Darlings, The Other Paris, Folk Photography, Maybe the People Would Be the Times, and I Heard Her Call My Name. She is the recipient of a Whiting Award, Guggenheim and Cullman fellowships, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Grammy (for album notes), and an Infinity Award for Writing from the International Center of Photography. Sante has contributed to the New York Review of Books since 1981 and to many other publications. She recently retired after twenty-four years teaching at Bard College.