Red Light to Starboard: Recalling the Exxon Valdez Disaster

by Angela M. Day

Overview

Red Light to Starboard documents a story that stunned the world--recounting how futile warnings, regional and national history, as well as failed governmental and public policy decisions led to disastrous environmental consequences in a spectacular, fragile ecosystem. Valdez native Bobby Day’s intimate portrayal lends a local perspective and conveys the damage suffered by individuals, communities, and the fishing industry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780874223583
Publisher:	Washington State University Press
Publication date:	03/13/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	749,091
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

"My personal connection and the intriguing history made this a story I had to tell,” Angela Day explains. The effort fueled her professional and avocational passions. To complete her manuscript, for nearly a decade she worked evenings and summers around a full-time job and graduate school. She received a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Washington. Her doctoral research evaluated when, and under what conditions, whistleblower protection laws effectively increased safety.

Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

1. Red, Right, Returning
2. Hard Aground
3. “We’re Going to Be Here for a While”
4. According to Plan
5. Irreconcilable Views
6. Silver on a Line
7. Siege at Sawmill Bay
8. “You Have My Word on That”
9. “Hang On, We’re Going Around a Curve”
10. Fortune Seekers
11. “We Can Have Our Cake and Eat It Too”
12. Relying on Assurances
13. The Heart of the Sound
14. The Fall of Strict Liability
15. Deception
16. The Voice of the Sound
17. Disappearing Act
18. Blockade
19. Reckless Decision

Epilogue
Notes

Bibliography

Index

Editorial Reviews

"A work of love and thorough investigative journalism, delivered with the objectivity of a seasoned analyst."

—ForeWord magazine

"A deeply human reading. An exceptional piece of narrative history. Its lessons are many."

—Anchorage Daily News

"Day has done a meticulous job teasing out the appalling string of lax standards, safety violations, coverups, corporate malfeasance and bureaucratic bungles."

—The Bellingham Herald

"An informative and highly readable account of the spill as experienced by her husband Bobby Day, a lifelong fisherman in Prince William Sound."

—Alaska History

"[Day] explores how and why the Valdez crash, a rock thrown into the ecological-social pool, rippled into an ever-widening disaster."

—Barnes & Noble Review

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