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The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth Johns Hopkins
University Press, 384 pages, 113
illustrations ISBN
978-0-8018-6642-5 Cloth, 1999; paperback,
2001 Buy it from the publisher Buy it from Amazon |
Awards J. B. Jackson Prize, Association of
American Geographers, 1999. Donald Pflueger
Local History Award, Historical Society of Southern California, 2002. Reviews "Essential. The many transformation
of the river are Blake Gumprecht's extended
metaphor for what we've made of this place and a reminder of the reckoning it
asks of us." D. J. Waldie, Los Angeles
Times "Impressively researched,
beautifully illustrated . . . wonderfully written, full of rich details and
winning anecdotes. This is an impressive piece of work deserving of a large
audience." Matthew W. Klingle, Pacific
Historical Review "A masterpiece of classical
geographical synthesis. The Los Angeles River is the kind of book we should
all read, and encourage our students to read, because it is one reminder of
what good geography is all about. I wish I could write like that!" Douglas J.
Sherman, Geographical Review "Well-written and beautifully
crafted. Thoroughly research and balanced in its findings. This is an
important book." Mansel G. Blackford, The American Historical Review "This book, impeccably researched
and beautifully written, will be essential reading for all sides in the
current debate. It ranks as one of the finest books every written about Los
Angeles, and is destined to become a classic." Leonard Pitt,
co-author of Los Angeles: A to Z "Excellent. An astoundingly
well-researched environmental history of Los Angeles." Ben Ehrenreich, LA
Weekly "Exceptional. Gumprecht's
book made palpable a landscape I have never wanted to be too long absent
from." Barry Lopez,
author of Arctic Dreams |
