About this item
Written by Stephen Grace, the companion book to The Great Divide, a film by Havey Productions, is a sweeping, magnificently illustrated story of Colorado water from the region's first inhabitants to the incoming settlers and developers to modern environmentalists. Times and places are covered from the archaeological remains of ancient Native American reservoirs, the first and longest operating water right in Colorado, important innovations in irrigated agriculture, the stunning dams that create reservoirs for storage and recreation, and the natural beauty of Colorado's wild places.The book, based on the film, will be a natural source for viewers who seek additional knowledge beyond the film, but it will also stand alone for readers who desire a basic but engaging entrance into the world of Colorado water.
About the Author
Stephen Grace studied novel writing with Stratis Haviaras, founding editor of Harvard Review, while caretaking a house where the poet T. S. Eliot lived. After his debut novel was published to wide acclaim, Grace moved to a trailer park in Wyoming in the wake of the Matthew Shepard murder to work with at-risk youth while researching another novel. To publish a book about the historical cartography of Colorado, Grace collaborated with Library of Congress curators and with Vincent Virga, called "America's foremost picture editor." To research a narrative nonfiction book about China he sought out experiences as diverse as exploring Shanghai and trail running in Tibet. To write DAM NATION: HOW WATER SHAPED THE WEST AND WILL DETERMINE ITS FUTURE, a Colorado Book Award finalist, he followed rivers west of the 100th meridian and charted currents throughout the region's history. Grace served as a consultant for the award-winning film DamNation, and he was an associate producer and the screenwriter for the award-winning film THE GREAT DIVIDE. He is also the author of THE GREAT DIVIDE, a companion book to the film. While writing GROW: STORIES FROM THE URBAN FOOD MOVEMENT, winner of the 2016 Colorado Book Award for Creative Nonfiction, he worked on a repurposed garbage truck in the alleyways of Denver and volunteered on a farm in Uganda. In his most recently published book, OIL AND WATER, Grace teams up with an oilman to tell the story of the upper Colorado River, a resource under siege.
