Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water | Essays and Criticism
- Romanticism of American History
Hubbell is pursuing a Ph.D. in history with an emphasis on American history of infrastructure development at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. In the following essay, he explores how Reisner’s romantic preconceptions tarnish an otherwise splendid revision of American history.
- Dramatic and Literary Elements
Hart has degrees in English literature and creative writing and is a copyeditor and published writer. In this essay, she examines the dramatic and literary elements used in Reisner’s book to determine why so many reviewers refer to the novel-like quality of Reisner’s nonfiction writing.
- Feedback on Reisner's Ideas for Desert Communities
In the following review, Rowley commends Cadillac Desert for exposing problems surrounding desert communities, but disagrees with Reisner’s suggestion that the United States should leave those areas as Nature intended.
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