Fountain Creek: Big Lessons from a Little River

Fountain Creek: Big Lessons from a Little River - Paperback

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Fountain Creek: Big Lessons from a Little River - Paperback

Fountain Creek: Big Lessons from a Little River - Paperback

by Jim O'Donnell
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by Jim O'Donnell (Author)

Jim O'Donnell sets off from his childhood home in Pueblo, Colorado exploring the history, ecology, and commodification of Fountain Creek--challenging us to reexamine how we relate to the world around us and how we might break free to a brighter future.


"Every stream in the American West deserves a biographer as affectionate, thorough, and lyrical as Jim O'Donnell."
--BEN GOLDFARB, Crossings

From its headwaters high up Colorado's legendary Pike's Peak to suburban concrete-lined canals, Fountain Creek has endured nearly everything humans could do to a single watershed. It has been dammed, diverted, drained, poisoned, restored, exploited, ignored--and yet it has survived.

Journalist and archaeologist Jim O'Donnell grew up exploring among the beavers and discarded beer bottles that have long populated Fountain Creek. Irreverent, deeply knowledgeable, and endlessly curious, O'Donnell guides us through the contradictions and complexities of one of the most heavily urbanized areas in one of the fastest-growing states in the nation.

Fountain Creek is at once a reflection of our ever-changing relationship to the natural world and a challenge for each of us to reexamine the many ways we are connected to the world around us, to water, and to each other.

Author Biography

Jim O'Donnell is a writer and photographer whose work has appeared in Sierra Magazine, El Palacio, MM Magazine, Ensia, and elsewhere. O'Donnell continues to work as a community conservation activist and wilderness advocate in the American Southwest where he works to protect and restore wetlands and watersheds. Born and raised in southern Colorado, O'Donnell lives in Taos, New Mexico.

Number of Pages: 338
Dimensions: 0.86 x 8 x 5.25 IN
Publication Date: October 22, 2024
ISBN9798890920119
Author Jim O'Donnell
PublisherTorrey House Press
GenreHobbies & interests and News & politics
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 2024
LanguageENG- English
Pages338
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Jim O'Donnell is a longtime music writer whose work is in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame library in Cleveland. He received his first professional newspaper byline for a sports story in 1969. Since that time, his features, profiles, columns and essays have focused mostly on rock 'n' roll. His work has been syndicated in newspapers ranging from the San Francisco Chronicle to the Cleveland Plain Dealer to the Boston Herald. O'Donnell has written several books, including The Rock Book (Pinnacle, 1975), Born to Rock (Peacock, 1981), Wonderful Tonight (Hall of Fame, 1993) and The Day John Met Paul (Penguin, 1996; Routledge, 2006). The Day John Met Paul has been published in several languages, ranging from Japanese to Czech to French, and is available in an audio edition read by Rod Davis, a personal friend of John Lennon. O'Donnell has appeared frequently on CNN Radio and has done many television interviews. His biggest TV moment came when he didn't appear on the screen at all, but rather had his name show up in a Jeopardy question. The contestant answered correctly for $400. He holds a Master's Degree from St. Peter's College and studied journalism under New Journalism pioneer Richard Goldstein at New York University. He has also completed graduate courses in Creative Writing and The Teaching of Writing at Harvard University. Whether sitting front-row-center at an Eric Clapton concert in New York City, or standing front-row-center at the gates of Strawberry Field in Liverpool, O'Donnell has traveled the globe as a journalist for many years, searching out stories. He is a member of the Authors Guild, the Society of Professional Journalists and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and three children.

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