Re: RARA-AVIS: Ross Macdonald's influence

From: Jim Beaver ( jumblejim@prodigy.net)
Date: 30 Nov 2004


Kerry wrote:

> Macdonald also equated environmental corruption with individual
> corruption.
> In Macdonald's case, he wrote about the effect of oil rigs on the
> California landscape. In Chinatown it was the water diversion from
> agricultural Orange County to feed the growth of Los Angeles.

Orange County? Perhaps you mean the Owens Valley. Or was there a northbound transfer of water that I haven't heard of as well?

Great essay, btw.

Jim Beaver

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