The Norton Trilogy

From the author of Dividing Western Waters comes a book on the development of the arid West—in particular the development of Arizona—as seen through the experiences of three generations of John Ruddle Nortons of Arizona. From the administration of Teddy Roosevelt and the earliest reclamation acts to the monumental case between California and Arizona that would determine how the life-giving waters of the Colorado River would be divided, the Nortons were at the center of Arizona's development...