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Summer Water Reads
Think “outside the box” this summer and pick up some interesting water books that go beyond Colorado. Start with an adventure story, The Emerald Mile, which recounts the fastest ride down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, during the 1983 flooding of Glen Canyon Dam. For a tragic yet eye-opening tale, take a look at Washed Away, which examines the Great Flood of 1913, a widespread event mostly centered on Indiana and Ohio. Travel to Kansas in The Ogallala Road, a woman’s recent memoir of the plight of irrigated agriculture and dealing with the impact to the aquifer. Through fiction, experience the emotional effects of a Las Vegas groundwater grab on a rural Nevada farm family in the novel The Ordinary Truth. These books present diverse viewpoints on various water events or issues in other states, taking your mind to new places and new — perhaps debateable — thoughts. Happy reading!