Cadillac Desert
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Cadillac Desert
| Full title | Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water |
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| Author | Marc Reisner |
| Published | 1986 |
| Pages | 582 |
| Recommended | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | The dams, the aqueducts and the agency politics that made the American West habitable at scale — and the bill that came due. |
Where I heard about it
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Spotted at The King’s English Bookshop, Salt Lake City — September 2023 (Books photo album)
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Replies to @WillManidis — named in the thread answering “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?”, June 2025.
Connections
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- Water
- Water Rights
- City Building
- Frontier
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.