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100	1		_aRush, Elizabeth
245	1	0	_aRising : _bdispatches from the new American shore _c/ Elizabeth Rush
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aMinneapolis, MN _c, : Milkweed Editions _c2018
300			_a299 p. _c; 23 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aHarvey. Maria. Irma. Sandy. Katrina. We live in a time of unprecedented hurricanes and catastrophic weather events, a time when it is increasingly clear that climate change is neither imagined nor distant - and that rising seas are transforming the coastline of the United States in irrevocable ways. In this highly original work of lyrical reportage, Elizabeth Rush guides readers through some of the places where this change has been most dramatic, from the Gulf Coast to Miami, and from New York City to the Bay Area. For many of the plants, animals, and humans in these places, the options are stark: retreat or perish in place. Weaving firsthand accounts from those facing this choice - a Staten Islander who lost her father during Sandy, the remaining holdouts of a Native American community on a drowning Isle de Jean Charles, a neighborhood in Pensacola settled by escaped slaves hundreds of years ago - with profiles of wildlife biologists, activists, and other members of the communities both currently at risk and already displaced, Rising privileges the voices of those usually kept at the margins. At once polyphonic and precise, Rising is a shimmering meditation on vulnerability and on vulnerable communities, both human and more than human, and on how to let go of the places we love.
546			_aEnglish.
600	1	4	_aRush, Elizabeth _x-Travel _z-United States
650		4	_aCoast changes _x-Climatic factors _z-United States
650		4	_aCoasts _x-Climatic factors _z-United States
650		4	_aSea level _x-Climatic factors _z-United States
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