- Published: 15 April 2018
- ISBN: 9780735216099
- Imprint: Riverhead
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $36.00
Where the Water Goes
Life and Death Along the Colorado River
- Published: 15 April 2018
- ISBN: 9780735216099
- Imprint: Riverhead
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $36.00
Praise for Where the Water Goes:
"Owen has the keen observation of a birder combined with the breezy writing to draw you in with unusual insights. . . . As Owen shows, the Colorado River is a great, sad, terrifying, possibly hopeful example of the pervasive, permanent mark people are making on the planet." --The New York Times Book Review
"This wonderfully written book covers issue that will, or should, give you a headache. But it is a good headache, one that makes you a more informed person. Mr. Owen writes about water, but in these polarized times the lessons he shares spill into other arenas. The world of water rights and wrongs along the Colorado River offers hope for other problems." --The Wall Street Journal
"Owen is effortlessly engaging. . . . at heart Where the Water Goes is about water as a function of time, and a reminder that we're running out of both." --NPR.org
"It's a rare writer who can explain the inexplicable, but David Owen manages to do just that. Where the Water Goes is at once informative, entertaining, and unsparing--essential reading for anyone who cares about the American West." --Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction
"Fascinating, thoughtful, and wise. David Owen is an extraordinarily gifted writer." --Bill Bryson, author of The Road to Little Dribbling and A Walk in the Woods