6 x 9. 128 pgs. 16 illustration section (2 maps, 1 table & 13 B&W photograph). (2008) Paper 978-0-472-03371-3 $16.95T  Available Add to Cart Search this Book's Content About the Book Praise Look Inside Subjects Michigan and the Great Lakes--Environmental Studies / Michigan and the Great Lakes--History / Nature/Environment--Environmental Studies

Great Lakes for Sale
From Whitecaps to Bottlecaps

Dave Dempsey
Foreword by Congressman Bart Stupak

2009 Michigan Author Award

With a New Afterword

Required reading for anyone who cares about the future of the Great Lakes

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Praise for the Book

"Great Lakes for Sale . . . asks the questions we all should be thinking about as we consider Michigan's future."
—Jean B. Eggemeyer, Dome magazine

"Makes a case for a regional effort to make sure these waters are not for sale to or controlled by interests outside the region. . . . provides a detailed history of the complicated nature of Great Lakes conservation and economic forces."
—waterandwastewater.com

"Dave Dempsey has taken one of the most challenging and often misunderstood issues in Michigan and the surrounding Great Lakes states and put it all in layman terms. Dempsey has made this an easy read, not one full of scientific mumbo-jumbo, but rather he has written a 100-page essay (easy to read in an afternoon) that puts forward the issues at hand and offers solutions as well."
—Northern Express

"Dave Dempsey's book is an important part of the effort to remind people why commercialization of Great Lakes water is a dangerous threat. It's not simply a matter of how much water in the short term is bottled and shipped away; the long-term threat is control of water and the possibility that private interests will assert ownership of the very substance of the Great Lakes. This is an issue that could determine the fate of the Great Lakes. I encourage the millions who care about the Great Lakes to read and act on this valuable book. Our Great Lakes water must always remain a public resource in public hands. It's a matter of prosperity, fairness, and survival."
—Congressman Bart Stupak, First District, Michigan