Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water | Critical Overview
Except for an exceptional handful, reviewers of Cadillac Desert have been so persuaded by Reisner’s work as to become unabashed acolytes of his position. This number of devotees has grown over time, as the book has remained immensely popular. Early reviewers, however, immediately compared the book with Rivers of Empire, by Donald Worster, and were more objective. The two works are both revisionist histories. Reisner’s work was welcomed as a good enhancement of Worster’s book; many critics, like Grace Lichtenstein in the Washington Post, say the work ‘‘is a...
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