China Lake: A Journey Into the Contradicted Heart of a Global Climate Catastrophe

by Barret Baumgart

Book Overview

Barret Baumgart's literary debut presents a haunting and deeply personal portrait of civilization poised at the precipice, a picture of humanity caught between its deepest past and darkest future. In the fall of 2013, during the height of California's historic drought, Baumgart toured the remote military base, NAWS China Lake, near Death Valley, California. His mother, the survivor of a recent stroke, decided to come along for the ride. She hoped...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609384709
• ISBN13: 9781609384708
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.9"