Thundering Waters
The Toxic Legacy of Niagara Falls
$63.75
- Hardcover
360 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2026
Summary
“Masterful… . An absolutely essential story, infuriating, urgent, and indispensable.”—Caroline Fraser, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Murderland and Prairie Fires
How corporate kingpins built their empires by poisoning a treasured natural wonder
Few images from the natural world conjure the same awe, power, and amazement as Niagara Falls. Each year, millions flock from around the world to hear the roar of the falls, feel and sm…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781642834161 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1642834165 |
| Author: | Christen E. Civiletto |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Island Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 360 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 450g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“This shocking debut exposé from environmental lawyer Civiletto details more than a century of the electrochemical industry’s poisoning of Niagara Falls, N.Y… Each revelation is more appalling than the last… . [Thundering Waters] sounds a fire-alarm fire.” * Publishers Weekly, starred review *
“Simultaneously a crime thriller, environmental exposé, geographic history, and personal memoir, Civiletto’s granular examination of an ecological disaster makes for sobering, frightening reading.” * Booklist *
“Welcome to the true crime book about a waterfall. In this book, author Christen E. Civiletto takes us to Niagara Falls, but rather than focusing on the natural beauty, she dives deep into the millions of tons of toxic and radioactive waste that’s been dumped, incinerated, and vented into the area over decades. The birthplace of the commercial electro-chemical industry by virtue of sheer, hydrodynamic power, the falls and the surrounding area have paid a steep price, and it behooves us all to consider that price, and just who will end up paying it.”—Liz Greene, Nautilus
“Sobering… . A fierce indictment of the chemical industry’s long-term pollution of Niagara Falls.” * Kirkus Reviews *
Christen E. Civiletto
Christen E. Civiletto is an environmental lawyer, law school adjunct, and former Niagara Falls resident. She earned her law degree from Vanderbilt Law School and has spearheaded high-profile litigation on behalf of hundreds of sick Niagara County residents against municipalities and major chemical polluters. Civiletto is also the cohost of the popular BOOKSTORM Podcast, on which she has interviewed hundreds of bestselling authors.
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