{"product_id":"the-dreamt-land-chasing-water-and-dust-across-california-paperback","title":"The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Arax\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vivid, searching journey into California's capture of water and soil--the epic story of a people's defiance of nature and the wonders, and ruin, it has wrought\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark Arax is from a family of Central Valley farmers, a writer with deep ties to the land who has watched the battles over water intensify even as California lurches from drought to flood and back again. In \u003ci\u003eThe Dreamt Land, \u003c\/i\u003e he travels the state to explore the one-of-a-kind distribution system, built in the 1940s, '50s and '60s, that is straining to keep up with California's relentless growth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dreamt Land\u003c\/i\u003e weaves reportage, history and memoir to confront the \"Golden State\" myth in riveting fashion. No other chronicler of the West has so deeply delved into the empires of agriculture that drink so much of the water. The nation's biggest farmers--the nut king, grape king and citrus queen--tell their story here for the first time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArax, the native son, is persistent and tough as he treks from desert to delta, mountain to valley. What he finds is hard earned, awe-inspiring, tragic and revelatory. In the end, his compassion for the land becomes an elegy to the dream that created California and now threatens to undo it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARK ARAX is an author and journalist whose writings on California and the West have received numerous awards for literary nonfiction. A former staffer at the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, \u003c\/i\u003ehis work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Sunday Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e His books include a memoir of his father's murder, a collection of essays about the West, and the best-selling \u003ci\u003eThe King of California, \u003c\/i\u003e which won a California Book Award, the William Saroyan Prize from Stanford University, and was named a top book of 2004 by the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Fresno, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769667879200,"sku":"9781101910191","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cb6e35650d730e861cce1634743906f3.webp?v=1780352929","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-dreamt-land-chasing-water-and-dust-across-california-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}