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Title: How to think about a river
Review: Although Ken Davis was primarily a biographer and historian, he became an environmentalist to write this book in response to the 1951 floods on the Kansas River (Kaw to the natives). Its working title, which is more descriptive of the contents, was "How To Think About a River." He dropped it, he explained, because he wouldn't presume to tell a reader how to think about anything. But it includes a lyrical description of the geography and history of the river's watershed in what many wrongly think of as a rather uninteresting state. It shows how land, water, and atmosphere are parts of a single system. And it is a nice introduction to the politics of water resources. I still recommend it to students interested in environmental journalism.
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