Susquehanna, River of Dreams
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19916243 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Stranahan (corresponding author), Susan Q Stranahan |
| Year | 1995 |
| Pages | 322 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Susquehanna, river of dreams (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.56021/9780801846021 |
| OpenAlex | W1529803321 |
| Open Library | OL1739664M |
| ISBN | 9780801846021 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
In River of Dreams, award-winning journalist Susan Q. Stranahan tells the sweeping story of one of America's great rivers - ranging in time from the Susquehanna's geologic origins the modern threats its ecosystem, describing human settlements, industry and pollution, and recent efforts save the river and its drowned estuary, the Chesapeake Bay. The result is a unique natural history of the vast Susquehanna watershed and a compelling look at environmental issues of national importance. Stranahan's vivid account of her experiences on the Susquehanna, including interviews with the colourful and engaging people she met along its shores, caoture the river's continuing ability to fire the imagination, stir the senses, inspire dreams. The longest, non-navigable river in North America, the Susquehanna was never an important avenue of commerce. But the struggle over who would profit from the region's wealth of coal, timber, and farmland influenced the political landscape of the young United States for more than a century. Stranahan describes how canal builders, loggers, miners, and industrialists nearly destroyed the source of their wealth. And she tells of the river's frequent retaliation with historic, rampaging floods. Today, the Susquehanna is a study in contrasts: clean and healthy again along much of its length; in a few places still so polluted that nothing can survive. New threats from urbanization, modern agriculture, and nuclear power make the future uncertain. But Stranahan finds reasons for optimism in the many people who cherish the Susquehanna, celebrate its remarkable comeback, and work for its permanent protection. She describes their efforts control development, restore the river's shad and other wildlife, and change attitudes. Susan Q. Stranahan is a prize-winning journalist with the Philadelphia Inquirer, who has reported on major events along the Susquehanna and written about environmental issues in the region for two decades. Her articles on the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant were a major part of the coverage that earned the Inquirer a Pulitzer Prize. She has written for a variety of national environmental publications and was named Pennsylvania Conservation Communicator by the Pennsylvania Wildlife Federation in 1985
Archaeology · Chesapeake bay · Estuary · Fishery · Geography · Human settlement · Political science · Politics · Shore · American Environmental and Regional History · Law · Transboundary Water Resource Management · Environmental protection · Natural History · Susquehanna River · Susquehanna river and valley · Susquehanna River Valley · united states · Water quality
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |