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Author

Bessire, Lucas, author.

Title Running out : in search of water on the High Plains / Lucas Bessire.

Publication Info.

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	333.9104097 B464r 2021 c.2	---	Available
Axe Kansas Collection	333.9104097 B464r 2021	---	Lib Use Only
Eureka Non-Fiction	333.9104 Bes	---	Available

2 copies being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.

Description	xiv, 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
	text txt rdacontent
	unmediated n rdamedia
	volume nc rdacarrier
Series	Kansas Notable Book ; 2022.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-236) and index.
Contents	Lines -- Bones -- Dust -- Clouds -- Afterword.
Summary	"This book--the first ethnography of water conservation on the Great Plains--provides an account of High Plains aquifer decline through an exploration of the different ways in which heartland residents inhabit and understand the imminent depletion of groundwater. This literary ethnography offers a vividly sketched look into the lives and stories of this community, based on interviews with members of the community such as fellow farmers and state regulators, woven together with historical data, journalistic documentation, and Bessire's personal reflections of his family's lived experiences. (Five generations of the author's family have lived in the region as farmers and ranchers.)"-- Provided by publisher.
Awards	Kansas Notable Book, 2022.
Subject	High Plains Aquifer.
	Groundwater -- High Plains (U.S.)
	Water-supply -- Social aspects -- High Plains (U.S.)
	High Plains (U.S.) -- Social conditions.
	Groundwater. (OCoLC)fst00948209
	Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
	Water-supply -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01172424
	United States -- High Plains. (OCoLC)fst01241976
	United States -- High Plains Aquifer. (OCoLC)fst01240903
Genre/Form	Informational works. (OCoLC)fst01919930
	Informational works.
ISBN	9780691212647 (hardcover)
	0691212643 (hardcover)
	9780691212654 (electronic book)