Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe

by Keith O'Brien and Keith O'Brien

Book Overview

The staggering story of an unlikely band of mothers in the 1970s who discovered Hooker Chemical's deadly secret of Love Canal--exposing one of America's most devastating toxic waste disasters and sparking the modern environmental movement as we know it today.

"Propulsive...A mighty work of historical journalism...A glorious quotidian thriller about people forced to find and use their inner strength." --The Boston Globe...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593318439
• ISBN13: 9780593318430
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.3"