Book Review: My Life As Told By Water

Author David James Duncan writes thought-provoking essays about environmental issues.

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September 17, 2001, 1:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"In 'My Life as Told by Water' Duncan also writes boldly and passionately but with fine humor about urban sprawl, industrial pollution, logging, mining and dam building, and the corporados, politicians and government agencies that promote them. Not surprisingly, his prose can blister as well as it sings. But these essays derive their moral force from the author's perspective, not in some distant city but hip-deep in the salmon streams he loves. His reporting is accurate, informed and ruthlessly honest..."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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