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Das Wasser ist der große Protagonist in Mark Arax' epischem Werk, das die Geschichte von der Erschaffung und Erfindung eines Sehnsuchtsortes erzählt, dem tausend Kilometer langen Randstück des nordamerikanischen Kontinents, Kalifornien, das immer schon, gleich ob im Goldrausch oder im Agrarrausch, auf Gedeih und Verderb den wilden Ausschlägen von Dürre und Flut ausgeliefert war. Daneben treten unzählige Personen auf - historische und lebende, ...

Teddy Roosevelt once exclaimed, "When I am in California, I am not in the West. I am west of the West, " and in this book, Mark Arax spends four years travelling up and down the Golden State to explore its singular place in the world. This is California beyond the clichés. This is California as only a native son, deep in the dust, could draw it.Compelling, lyrical, and ominous, his new collection finds a different drama rising out of each conf...

Teddy Roosevelt once exclaimed, "When I am in California, I am not in the West. I am west of the West, " and in this book, Mark Arax spends four years travelling up and down the Golden State to explore its singular place in the world. This is California beyond the clichés. This is California as only a native son, deep in the dust, could draw it.Compelling, lyrical, and ominous, his new collection finds a different drama rising out of each conf...

Teddy Roosevelt once exclaimed, "When I am in California, I am not in the West. I am west of the West, " and in this book, Mark Arax spends four years travelling up and down the Golden State to explore its singular place in the world. This is California beyond the clichés. This is California as only a native son, deep in the dust, could draw it.Compelling, lyrical, and ominous, his new collection finds a different drama rising out of each conf...

[An] exhaustive, deeply reported account . . . Few other journalists could have written a book as personal and authoritative . . . As Arax makes plain in this important book, it's been the same story in California for almost two centuries now: When it comes to water, 'the resource is finite. The greed isn't.'" --Gary Krist, The New York Times Book ReviewA vivid, searching journey into California's capture of water and soil--the epic story of a...

[An] exhaustive, deeply reported account . . . Few other journalists could have written a book as personal and authoritative . . . As Arax makes plain in this important book, it's been the same story in California for almost two centuries now: When it comes to water, 'the resource is finite. The greed isn't.'" --Gary Krist, The New York Times Book ReviewA vivid, searching journey into California's capture of water and soil--the epic story of a...

This rich, colorful history of California centers on the untold story of America's biggest farmer, J.G. Boswell, who controls more than $1 billion worth of water rights and real estate in the heart of the state. Photos throughout.

Teddy Roosevelt once exclaimed, "When I am in California, I am not in the West. I am west of the West, " and in this book, Mark Arax spends four years traveling up and down the Golden State to explore its singular place in the world. This is California beyond the cliches. This is California as only a native son, deep in the dust, could draw it. Compelling, lyrical and ominous, his collection finds a different drama rising out of each confoundi...

Two decades after his father's unsolved murder, Mark Arax uprooted his family and returned to Fresno under an assumed name, determined to put the past to rest. This "vivid memorial to the incidental victims of homicide" (Rosellen Brown, "New York Times Book Review") presents a "compelling record of how circumstances shape us, the way a single event can redirect our lives" (David Ulin, "Newsday"). Photos.