The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Ranked #11 in Water, Ranked #14 in Environmental Science — see more rankings.
A master reporter’s landmark work of contemporary ecology.
The Great Lakes hold 20 percent of the world’s freshwater, and they provide food, work, and weekend fun for tens of millions of Americans. Yet they are under threat as never before.
In a work of narrative reporting in the vein of Rachel Carson and Elizabeth Kolbert, prize-winning reporter Dan Egan delivers an eye-opening portrait of our nation’s greatest natural resource as it faces ecological calamity. He tells the story of the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Chicago ship canal—good ideas in their... more
The Great Lakes hold 20 percent of the world’s freshwater, and they provide food, work, and weekend fun for tens of millions of Americans. Yet they are under threat as never before.
In a work of narrative reporting in the vein of Rachel Carson and Elizabeth Kolbert, prize-winning reporter Dan Egan delivers an eye-opening portrait of our nation’s greatest natural resource as it faces ecological calamity. He tells the story of the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Chicago ship canal—good ideas in their... more
Rankings by Category
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is ranked in the following categories:
- #26 in Climate Change
- #50 in Earth Science
- #29 in Ecology
- #31 in Environment
- #29 in Environmental Studies
- #42 in Environmentalism
- #77 in Geography
- #26 in Lake
- #66 in Nature
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