The Dan River Book

The Dan River Book
Author: Forrest Altman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1996
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780965208109

Dan River Book

Dan River Book
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2003-04-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780965208130

Travel by canoe, hiking, and biking the 200 miles of the Dan, southern branch of the Roanoke; river history , geology, hydrology, natural history. Maps and guide pages for 21 day trips.

Toms River

Toms River
Author: Dan Fagin
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2013-03-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0345538617

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • Winner of The New York Public Library’s Helen Bernstein Book Award • “A new classic of science reporting.”—The New York Times The riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River melds hard-hitting investigative reporting, a fascinating scientific detective story, and an unforgettable cast of characters into a sweeping narrative in the tradition of A Civil Action, The Emperor of All Maladies, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. One of New Jersey’s seemingly innumerable quiet seaside towns, Toms River became the unlikely setting for a decades-long drama that culminated in 2001 with one of the largest legal settlements in the annals of toxic dumping. A town that would rather have been known for its Little League World Series champions ended up making history for an entirely different reason: a notorious cluster of childhood cancers scientifically linked to local air and water pollution. For years, large chemical companies had been using Toms River as their private dumping ground, burying tens of thousands of leaky drums in open pits and discharging billions of gallons of acid-laced wastewater into the town’s namesake river. In an astonishing feat of investigative reporting, prize-winning journalist Dan Fagin recounts the sixty-year saga of rampant pollution and inadequate oversight that made Toms River a cautionary example for fast-growing industrial towns from South Jersey to South China. He tells the stories of the pioneering scientists and physicians who first identified pollutants as a cause of cancer, and brings to life the everyday heroes in Toms River who struggled for justice: a young boy whose cherubic smile belied the fast-growing tumors that had decimated his body from birth; a nurse who fought to bring the alarming incidence of childhood cancers to the attention of authorities who didn’t want to listen; and a mother whose love for her stricken child transformed her into a tenacious advocate for change. A gripping human drama rooted in a centuries-old scientific quest, Toms River is a tale of dumpers at midnight and deceptions in broad daylight, of corporate avarice and government neglect, and of a few brave individuals who refused to keep silent until the truth was exposed. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND KIRKUS REVIEWS “A thrilling journey full of twists and turns, Toms River is essential reading for our times. Dan Fagin handles topics of great complexity with the dexterity of a scholar, the honesty of a journalist, and the dramatic skill of a novelist.”—Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D., author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Emperor of All Maladies “A complex tale of powerful industry, local politics, water rights, epidemiology, public health and cancer in a gripping, page-turning environmental thriller.”—NPR “Unstoppable reading.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “Meticulously researched and compellingly recounted . . . It’s every bit as important—and as well-written—as A Civil Action and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.”—The Star-Ledger “Fascinating . . . a gripping environmental thriller.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “An honest, thoroughly researched, intelligently written book.”—Slate “[A] hard-hitting account . . . a triumph.”—Nature “Absorbing and thoughtful.”—USA Today

Dan River

Dan River
Author: Dan River Mills Inc
Publisher:
Total Pages: 20
Release: 197?
Genre: Corporations
ISBN:

Dan River Anthology, 2008

Dan River Anthology, 2008
Author: Richard S. Danbury, III
Publisher:
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2007-11-01
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780897542326

OUR ANNUAL (SINCE 1984) COLLECTIOM OF THE BEST SHORT FICTION AND PROSE WE CAN FIND. GOOD LITERATURE WHICH MAY TAKE AS LITTLE AS 30 SECONDS TO READ, TO AS MUCH AS 45 MINUTES FOR A SHORT STORY. IDEAL FOR TODAY'S FAST PACED LIFESTYLE. CLEAN. WE WON'T MONOPOLIZE YOUR DAY. NO BACK ISSUES REMAIN IN STORES (BUT MOST ARE AVAILABLE FROM PUBLISHER. UNLIKE MOST SMALL PRESS BOOKS, THIS ONE ACTUALLY SELLS!

The Dan River Atlas

The Dan River Atlas
Author: William Edgar Trout
Publisher:
Total Pages: 107
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Banister River (Va.)
ISBN: 9781888838107

Dan River Stories

Dan River Stories
Author: Richard S. Danbury, III
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780897541237