Glen Canyon and a New Vision for the American West
Resurrection
Named a “Top Pick” by the Pima County Library Association in its Southwest Books of the Year
Annette McGivney explores the controversy and the history of water politics in the American Southwest through the lens of the re-emergence of Glen Canyon due to an ongoing drought. More than 125 large images by photographer James Kay capture the beauty of the legendary canyons of Glen Canyon as they emerge into the light of day for the first time in nearly 40 years.
PRAISE FOR RESURRECTION
“There are days it seems to me I am in the obituary business. After a quarter-century of writing and fighting about global warming it sometimes gets to be too much. This is why this book has given me more pleasure than anything I’ve read in ages. It’s the opposite of a eulogy; it’s a birth notice, or a re-birth notice, for one of the central landscapes in the American imagination. Annette McGivney’s sage, balanced, and beautiful prose and James Kay’s inspiring photographs provide a strong hit of that caffeine we need most right now: hope, real honest-to-God-hope that someplace in the world is getting greener, not browner—better, not worse.”
— Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and founder of 360.org
“Through insightful narrative and stunning photographs, Annette McGivney and James Kay introduce us to an ecological miracle—the re-emergence of Glen Canyon.”
— Robert Redford, actor, director and trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council
“Anyone who wept as rising waters drowned Glen Canyon will rejoice at the resurrection documented in these pages.”
— Barbara Brower, author, and daughter of environmental activist David Brower
