Saving America’s Amazon: The Threat to Our Nation’s Most Biodiverse River System

Ben Raines is a gifted journalist whose work is informed by hard experience and deep passion. Saving America's Amazon is an eloquent cri de coeur for one of the world's most extraordinary natural wonders. * author of The Mobile River and The Gulf of Mexico: A Maritime History * With a seasoned reporter's expert instincts, Ben Raines gives this hotspot of biological diversity the credit it's due... This book is a gift to Alabama and to the nation. * author and photographer of America's Great River Journeys, Rivers of America, and other books * In this eloquent book about one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on earth, Ben Raines writes with a compelling urgency that is both justifiable and heartfelt, reminding us that the quality of human life is inseparable from the health of an ecological place. * Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea * What a fine volume! This book on one of America's great overlooked natural treasures reminds us that we need to make sure it is preserved intact, for our world needs all the biodiversity it can find. * author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? *