LEADER 02977nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910463047603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-97206-9 010 $a0-87565-464-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000299088 035 $a(EBL)1077376 035 $a(OCoLC)821177750 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000783093 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11440320 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000783093 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10752965 035 $a(PQKB)10336989 035 $a(OCoLC)608079631 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25423 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1077376 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1077376 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10631172 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL428456 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000299088 100 $a20070110d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDividing western waters$b[electronic resource] $eMark Wilmer and Arizona v. California /$fJack L. August, Jr. ; with a foreword by John Bouma 210 $aFort Worth, Tex. $cTCU Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (192 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87565-354-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [137]-166) and index. 327 $aTABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: MIDWEST TO SOUTHWEST; Chapter 2: THE FIRM AND THE RIVER; Chapter 3: A QUESTION OF RELEVANCE; Chapter 4: ARIZONA ADRIFT; Chapter 5: ARIZONA V CALIFORNIA; Chapter 6: ENTER MARK WILMER; Chapter 7: A BRAVE NEW WATER WORLD: LAW, POLITICS, AND CAP; Chapter 8: THAT LAWYER FROM ARIZONA; APPENDICES; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX 330 $aThe Scopes Monkey Trial, the Sacco and Vanzetti case, Brown v the Board of Education, and even subsequent televised high profile murder trials pale in comparison to Arizona v California, argues author Jack August in Dividing Western Waters, August's look at Arizona's Herculean legal and political battle for an equitable share of the Colorado River. To this day Arizona v California is still influential.By the time Mark Wilmer settled in the Salt River Valley in the early 1930's, he realized that four basic commodities made possible 606 $aWater rights$zArizona 606 $aWater rights$zCalifornia 606 $aWater-supply$zArizona 606 $aWater-supply$zCalifornia 607 $aColorado River (Colo.-Mexico)$xWater rights 607 $aArizona$vTrials, litigation, etc 607 $aCalifornia$vTrials, litigation, etc 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWater rights 615 0$aWater rights 615 0$aWater-supply 615 0$aWater-supply 676 $a346.7304/32 700 $aAugust$b Jack L$01029370 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463047603321 996 $aDividing western waters$92445720 997 $aUNINA