The Day the River Caught Fire The Day the River Caught Fire

The Day the River Caught Fire

How the Cuyahoga River Exploded and Ignited the Earth Day Movement

    • 14,99 $
    • 14,99 $

Description de l’éditeur

Discover the true story of how a 1969 fire in one of the most polluted rivers in America sparked the national Earth Day movement in this nonfiction picture book by award-winning author Barry Wittenstein and beloved illustrator Jessie Hartland.

After the Industrial Revolution in the 1880s, the Cayuhoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, caught fire almost twenty times, earning Cleveland the nickname “The Mistake on the Lake.” Waste dumping had made fires so routine that local politicians and media didn’t pay them any mind, and other Cleveland residents laughed off their combustible river and even wrote songs about it.

But when the river ignited again in June 1969, the national media picked up on the story and added fuel to the fire of the recent environmental movement. A year later, in 1970, President Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency—leading to the Clean Water and Clean Air Acts—and the first Earth Day was celebrated. It was a celebration, it was a protest, and it was the beginning of a movement to save our planet.

GENRE
Enfants
SORTIE
2023
28 mars
LANGUE
EN
Anglais
LONGUEUR
48
Pages
ÉDITEUR
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
VENDEUR
Simon & Schuster Canada
TAILLE
70
 Mo

Plus de livres de ce type

Becoming Blue Becoming Blue
2022
The Dark Was Done The Dark Was Done
2022
Daddy Dressed Me Daddy Dressed Me
2023
Stanley's Secret Stanley's Secret
2023
Ramen for Everyone Ramen for Everyone
2023
Hello, Moon Hello, Moon
2022

Plus de livres par Barry Wittenstein

The Boo-Boos That Changed the World The Boo-Boos That Changed the World
2018
Oscar's American Dream Oscar's American Dream
2020
A Place to Land A Place to Land
2019
Sonny's Bridge Sonny's Bridge
2019
Waiting for Pumpsie Waiting for Pumpsie
2017