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Nineteen Reservoirs
On Their Creation and the Promise of Water for New York City
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This book is ideal for readers interested in urban history, engineering, environmental studies, and New York City’s infrastructural heritage.
Acclaimed author Luc Sante's meticulously researched account of the creation of the upstate reservoir system that, in supplying water to New York City, makes its very existence possible-but irreparably altered rural ecosystems and communities
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Thirty years ago, Low Life appeared to universal acclaim and secured Luc Sante's status as the author of that cult classic of alternative New York City history. Now, he returns with another sidelong NYC history—here, the making of the upstate reservoir system that reliably supplies one of the world's greatest metropolises with its fresh water, and without which the city would almost certainly have faded into insignificance.
This meticulously detailed book is both an immersive history and a meditation on the significance of these willed-from-nature bodies of water to the city—past, present, and future.
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A Washington Post Best Nonfiction Book of 2022 and an Indie Bestseller
Critics have praised Sante’s distinctive and addictive writing style, with Nineteen Reservoirs noted as a beautifully produced work, enriched by expertly reproduced period photographs and postcards. Reviewers commend it as an essential and underreported history, providing deep insight into the costs and consequences of securing New York City’s fresh water supply. Notable praise comes from The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and InsideHook.
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ISBN: 9781615198658
Publisher: The Experiment LLC
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 09 August 2022
Country: United States
Imprint: The Experiment LLC
Illustration: 123 B&W and color photographs and illustrations
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Tim Davis
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 147.0mm
Height: 239.0mm
Weight: 545g
Pages: 208
About the Author
Luc Sante was born in Verviers, Belgium, and is the author of six books, his first being Low Life (FSG, 1991). Sante's other books include Evidence, The Factory of Facts, Kill All Your Darlings, The Other Paris, Folk Photography, and, most recently, Maybe the People Would Be the Times. He is the recipient of a Whiting Award, Guggenheim and Cullman fellowships, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Grammy (for album notes), and an Infinity Award for Writing from the International Center of Photography.
Tim Davis studied photography at Bard College, graduating in 1991. His work is in the collections of the Guggenheim, Whitney, Brooklyn, and Metropolitan Museums in New York; the Milwaukee Museum of Art; the High Museum of Art, Atlanta; the Baltimore Museum; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; and numerous others.Also by Lucy Sante
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