At a mere glance, Cold Running River has obvious regional and
environmental appeal, but it goes far beyond those interests.
Besides the fact that the Pere Marquette is a well-known, National
Scenic River, and besides the fact that ecosystem management is a
monumentally important and far-reaching topic, this book happens to
read like a cold river runs: fast, refreshing, exuberant. It is
special because David Cassuto has a beautiful way with the English
language. Only he can make a chapter on lamprey eel infestation a
gripping read. His style is so affecting, so warm, so Norman
Macleany--you might be sitting on the river's bank, hearing the
locals tell their tales of the river's history. That's what this
book is: the river's history. It follows the miraculous course of
the Pere Marquette: from its tumultuous glacial birth; to its
devastation in the nineteenth century by unsustainable logging
practices; to its recovery due to benign neglect. Cassuto
approaches the river as both microcosm and metaphor; the
controversies surrounding it speak to environmental and human
dilemmas the world over.
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