Water Book Reading List
Water Book Reading List
Western Water …and the Desert Shall Rejoice, Conflict, Growth, and Justice in Arid Environments, Maass, A. and Anderson, R., 1986, Robert E. Krieger Publishing Company, Inc., www.krieger- publishing.com, ISBN 0-89874-908-5
A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell, Worster, Donald, 2001, Oxford University Press, global.oup.com, ISBN 0195156358
A Story that Stands Like a Dam, Glen Canyon and the Struggle for the Soul of the West, Martin, R., 1989, Henry Holt and Company, Inc., us.macmillan.com/henryholt, ISBN 0-8050-0822-5
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West, Stegner, Wallace, 1992, Penguin Books, www.penguin.com, ISBN 9780140159943
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Reisner, M., 1987, Penguin Books, www.penguin.com, ISBN 0 14 01.7824 4
Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century, Hiltzik, Michael, 2010, Free Press, www.freepress.net, ISBN 978-1-4165-3216-3
Dam Nation: How Water Shaped the West and will Determine its Future, Grace, Stephen, 2012, Globe Pequot Press, www.globepequot.com, ISBN 978-0-7627-7065-6
From Reclamation to Sustainability: Water, Agriculture, and the Environment in the American West, MacDonnell, L., 1999, University Press of Colorado, upcolorado.com, ISBN 0-87081- 533-4
Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity, Postel, Sandra, 1997, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., books.wwnorton.com, ISBN 0-393-31744-7
Principles of Water Resources, History, Development, Management, and Policy, 3rd Edition, Cech, T., 2009, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., www.wiley.com, ISBN 978-0-470-13631-7
Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States, Powell, John Wesley, 1983, Harvard Press, www.hup.harvard.edu
Rivers of Empire, Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West, Worster, D., 1985, Oxford University Press, global.oup.com, ISBN 0-19-507806-3
The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water, Fishman, Charles, 2011, Free Press, www.freepress.net, ISBN 978-1-4391-0207-7
The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon, Fedarko, Kevin, 2013, Scribner, www.simonandshusterpublishing.com, ISBN 978-1- 4391-5985-9
Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization, Solomon, Steven, 2010, HarperCollins Publishers, www.harpercollins.com, ISBN 978-0-06-054830-8
Water and the West: The Colorado River Compact and the Politics of Water in the American West, Hundley, Jr., Norris, 2009, University of California Press, www.ucpress.edu, ISBN 0520260112
Water is for Fighting Over and other Myths about Water in the West, Fleck, John, 2016, Island Press, islandpress.org, ISBN: 9781610916790
Colorado Water A Ditch in Time: The City, the West, and Water, Limerick, Patricia Nelson and Hanson, Jason L., 2012, Fulcrum Publishing, www.fulcrumbooks.com, ISBN 978-1-55591-366-3
A Land Made from Water: Appropriation and the Evolution of Colorado’s Landscape, Ditches, and Water Institutions, Crifasi, Robert R., 2015, University Press of Colorado, upcolorado.com, ISBN 978-1-60732-367-9
Acquiring, Using, and Protecting Water in Colorado, Trout, Witwer and Freeman, P.C., 2004, Bradford Publishing Co., www.bradfordpublishing.com, ISBN 1-883726-98-0
Colorado’s Water, Science & Management, History & Politics, Grigg, N., 2003, Aquamedia Publishing, www.aquamediapublishing.com, ISBN 0-9728882-0-9
Cowboy in the Boardroom: W.D. Farr’s Bold Ideas and Leadership in the American West. Tyler, Daniel. 2011. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.
Defend and Develop: A Brief History of the Colorado Water Conservation Board’s First 75 Years, Cech, Thomas and McDonald, J. William, 2012, Wellstone Press, www.wellstonepress.com, ISBN 978-1-930835-07-8
Hour of Trial: The Conservation Conflict in Colorado and the West 1891-1901, McCarthy, Michael, 1977, University of Oklahoma Press, www.oupress.com
Silver Fox of the Rockies- Delph Carpenter and Western Water Compacts, Tyler, Daniel, 2003, University of Oklahoma Press, www.oupress.com, ISBN 0-8061-3515-8
The Last Water Hole in the West: The Colorado-Big Thompson Project and the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, Tyler, D., 1992, The University Press of Colorado, upcolorado.com, ISBN 0-87081-277-7
Virtual Rivers: Lessons from the Mountain Rivers to the Colorado Front Range, Wohl, Ellen, 2001, Yale University Press, yalebooks.yale.edu, ISBN 0300183100
Water and Growth in Colorado, A Review of Legal and Policy Issues, Nichols, P., Murphy, M., and Kenney, D., 2001, Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado School of Law, www.Colorado.EDU/Law/NRLC/
Water Wranglers- The 75-Year History of the Colorado River District: A Story about the Embattled Colorado River and the Growth of the West, Sibley, George, 2012, Colorado River District, www.coloradoriverdistrcit.org, ISBN 978-1-938393-02-0
Wayne Aspinall and the Shaping of the American West, Schulte, S., 2002, University Press of Colorado, upcolorado.com, ISBN 0-87081-665-9
Where the Water Goes: Life and Death along the Colorado River, Owen, David, 2017, Riverhead Books, www.penguin.com, ISBN 1594633770
Water in Northern Colorado Irrigation, Settlement, and Change on the Cache la Poudre River. Laflin, Rose. 2005. Special Report 15, Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, June. (URL: http://www.cwrri.colostate.edu/publications/sr/15.pdf)
People of the Poudre: An Ethnohistory of the Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area, AD 1500-1880. Burris, Lucy. 2006. (Published through a cooperative agreement between the National Park Service, Friends of the Poudre, and the Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area)
Foreign Water in the Cache la Poudre Valley. Bradt. Russel N. 1948. Master of Arts Thesis, Division of Social Studies, Colorado State College of Education, Greeley, Colorado.
Water Contours. Fisher, Denise. 1996. Master of Arts Thesis, Department of English, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (CSU Morgan Library Call Number: PS3556.I8132 W27 1996) (2014 version: http://www.poudreheritage.org/sites/default/files/resourceFiles/watercontours_0.pdf)
The Water Supply and Storage Company: a Century of Colorado Reclamation 1891-1991. Hansen, James E. II. No date. Published by the Water Supply and Storage Company, 2319 E. Mulberry, Fort Collins, CO
Charles A. Lory and the Challenges of Colorado's Semi-Arid Frontier. Hansen, James E. II. 1980. http://www.poudreheritage.org/sites/default/files/resourceFiles/charles_a_lory_paper.pdf
Turning on Water with a Shovel: The Career of Elwood Mead. Kluger, James R. 1992. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.
Written in water: the life of Benjamin Harrison Eaton. Norris, Jane E. and Lee G. 1990. Ohio University Press, Athens.
Elwood Mead’s Role in Founding CSU’s and USDA’s Fort Collins Irrigation Programs. Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the USDA’s ARS Fort Collins Water Management Research Unit. Retting, P.J. and R.C. Ward. 2011. http://www.ars.usda.gov/sp2UserFiles/Place/30121500/MeadsRoleFinal909.pdf
The Colorado Doctrine: Water Rights, Corporations, and Distributive Justice on the American Frontier. Schorr, David. 2012. Yale University Press, New Haven and London