Out of Print, Hard to Find, 4 books - set, by Joe Clabby, The Stewards of the Bay Series. Beautiful books, Paperback. All First Editions.
Printed in Columbia, SC, 2019
This set includes all four (4) books in the series. Historical Fiction with
Book 1, The Dam Builders, 352 pages
Book 2, The International Dam, 419 pages
Book 3, The All-American Dam, 336 pages
Book 4, The Quoddy Dams, 384 pages
Great Father's Day gift or Mother's Day gift for history loving person! Would make a handsome addition to anyone's library as a Christmas or birthday gift. All 1st Editions and in like new condition!
This tetralogy, The Stewards of the Bay series, is the story of our stewardship of water resources in America and Canada in the 1910's, 1920's, and 1930's. It describes dam building activities on the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Zumbro Rivers - and, ultimately, the attempts to dam the ocean waters of the Passamaquoddy Bay on the US/Canada border. These four books seek to answer one ultimate question: Should the Passamaquoddy Tidal Project (the "Quoddy Dam") ever have been built?
In 1912, while on his honeymoon on Campobello Island in the Canadian Maritimes, hydrologist and dam engineer Dexter P. Cooper had an epiphany. He envisioned a massive dam – one that stretched from the Canadian mainland to Eastport, Maine – and from Pleasant Point, Maine down Passamaquoddy Bay to Lubec. If built, his dam would generate a million megawatts of renewable energy daily. This dam would eventually be known as “The Quoddy Dam.”
To get you started here is a good description to begin:
Book 1, The Dam Builders, is the prelude to Dexter’s efforts to build his massive, tidal-driven dam in Downeast Maine. Before building his “Quoddy Dam,” Dexter helped build one of the world’s largest dams on the Mississippi River at Keokuk, Iowa. He was also involved in building dams on the Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals in Alabama; on the Zumbro River near Rochester, Minnesota – and on the Nile River at Aswan, Egypt. During the thirteen years that elapsed between the time that Dexter first imagined his Quoddy Dam – and the time he started building his dream dam – the United States and the world went through many profound changes. The United States entered World War I; the country’s economy soared during the “Roaring 20s;” jazz was introduced; women demanded equal rights; Prohibition prohibited the sale of alcohol; morals and mores changed – with the effect of those changes still evident today. These events serve as a backdrop that explains the life and times of the book’s main characters.The Dam Builders also introduces Dexter’s wife Gertie; Dexter’s brother Hugh Cooper; and a cast of characters from Maine who, in later books become key players in Dexter’s attempt to build the Quoddy Dam. “The Mainers” shed light on the Maine attitudes and mores at the beginning of the 20th Century. Book 1 also introduces Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), the 32nd president of the United States, who actually owned a “cottage” on Campobello Island – and who crossed paths with Dexter Cooper long before he became president. FDR will play a central role in the final book of the series: Book 4: The Quoddy Dams.
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