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The storyline of the American West is the storyplot of an relentless search for a precious resource: water. It really is an account of streams diverted and dammed, of politics corruptions and intrigue, of billion-dollar battles over water protection under the law, of ecologic and monetary disaster. In Cadillac Desert, Marc Reisner writes of the initial settlers, lured by the promise of heaven, and of the ruthless methods employed by Los Angeles politicians and business pursuits to ensure the city's growth. He documents the bitter rivalry between two authorities giants, the Bureau of Reclamation and the US Military Corps of Technical engineers, in the competition to change the West. Based on greater than a ten years of research, Cadillac Desert is a sensational exposé and a remarkable, intriguing background of the creation of Eden - an Eden which may be only a mirage.
