The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan

Rook review: This is a very thorough exploration of the history, biology and politics of the Great Lakes, the largest body of fresh water in the world. The Lakes have been such an integral part of the history of North America, its easy to take them for granted. The point of this book, I think, is to point out the mess that things are in, and how global climate change is just going to make it worse. But at the same time the resiliency of the Lakes comes through with a hope of optimism. I like these sweeping comprehensive kinds of narratives. He illustrates well how the impact of the Lakes goes far beyond the watershed that feeds the lakes as what happens in and on the lakes has national repercussions.