(I can remember this, because my great aunt, who lived in Cleveland, gave me a commemorative stamp issued for the occasion.)īut Egan says the Seaway “never lived up to the hype,” and instead produced a cascade of environmental disasters that have brought the Great Lakes to the brink of the death his title refers to. Lawrence Seaway, an engineering marvel when it was opened in 1959 with great fanfare by President Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth. His anger at failing policies and government inaction is evident in every chapter. From invasive species to water diversion to changing water levels, the author explores each issue in colorful and absorbing detail.ĭan Egan is a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and has been covering the Great Lakes for years. Readers will appreciate the vivid history and sober analysis it offers of the serious threats the lakes face today. This is a rollicking, eye-popping, scary, sad tour of one of the world’s watery wonders, the Great Lakes.
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