New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An account of how water has been transformed from a living resource into a commodity to be sold and fought over (and most bitterly in California) by a long-time dissendent member of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and an investigative journalist. SIGNED on the front endpaper. Maps. Extensive notes, index. xvii, 332 pp. ISBN: 0-15195190X.