Wet Prairie

Wet Prairie is excellent environmental history that evaluates the human/nature relationship. ~Sterling Evans, Department of History, University of Oklahoma, Great Plains Research Vol. 22 No.2, Fall 2012

A welcome addition to the growing global literature on wetland historical geography and environmental history. Carefully researched, well argued, and clearly written, Stunden Bower’s first book is a valuable read for scholars in these fields. ~Adam Mandelman, H-Net online, H-HistGeog

Brings to light the often overlooked problems and complexities of dealing with surface water in Manitoba, from early efforts to drain the landscape to late-twentieth-century attempts to establish watershed management. ~Prairie Books Now, No. 59, Summer 2012