Vision in the Desert: Carl Hayden and Hydropolitics in th...
August, Jack L. / Babbitt, Bruce E.
Set in both the arid lands of Arizona and the political backdrop of Washington, D.C., Vision in the Desert documents the life and career of longtime Arizona senator, Carl Hayden. One of the most powerful figures in the United States Congress, Hayden's public service career, centered on water and its distribution, is inseparable from the history of the West and the development of arid lands.Carl Hayden became acquainted with reclamation and irr...