cover image Story That Stands Like a Dam: Glen Canyon and the Struggle for the Soul of the West

Story That Stands Like a Dam: Glen Canyon and the Struggle for the Soul of the West

Russell Martin. Henry Holt & Company, $12.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-8050-1551-5

The Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Arizona is the most popular federal preserve in the interior West; its creation, demonstrates Martin, ruined a wilderness area and instigated the nationwide environmental movement. According to PW , Martin's lively narrative ``gives a well-balanced account of building the dam, the controversy it caused and assessment of its value today (opinion divided).'' (Mar.)