Great American Desert
by Terese Svoboda · first published 2019
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"A collection of short stories, visualizing the Great American Desert as an imagined world unto itself, traced from prehistoric times to the future. Explores water--its use and abuses--and the consequences of the land's mistreatment over time"--
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…aquifers dry. At that point a majority of US crops will be reliant upon rain water, which won't be enough to sustain the farms in the west. Much of Oklahoma, Kansas, California will revert back into the Great American Desert (as it was known before). For a great book on the subject, check out http://www.amazon.com/Cadillac-Desert-American-Disappearing-...
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