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Buy books about the Delta

Restore the Delta recommends the following three books to learn more about the California Delta, the history of water in the Western United States, and California water history:

 

Delta Primer: A Field Guide to the California Delta
by Jane Wolff

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (Revised)
by Marc Reisner "The American West was explored by white men half a century before the first colonists set foot on Virginia's beaches, but it went virtually uninhabited..."

 

The Great Thirst: Californians and Water, A History (Revised)
by Norris, Jr. Hundley "Once it was a far different place..."

 
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