The RIVERKEEPERS: Two Activists Fight to Reclaim Our Environment as a Basic Human Right

Bill McKibben author of The End of Nature and Maybe One This fine book chronicles two great rivers: the mighty Hudson, unimaginably rich with life, and the equally mighty stream of environmental law that began flowing with the Magna Carta. If each can be freed from the sewage left by corporate polluters, they may nourish us for many centuries yet. Thank God for the Riverkeepers! Barry Werth Outside A blueprint for ecosystem protection. Craig Wilson USA Today The Riverkeepers often reads as much like a detective novel as it does a primer on how to reclaim a river. Vice President Al Gore from the Foreword The Riverkeepers is the kind of personal account America needs to hear more often. Samuel G. Freedman The Riverkeepers comes as the tonic for a cynical age. It reminds us that the truest idealists are warriors of a sort.