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A story of science and salvation, author dan fagin tells the true tale of what happens when large chemical companies with dubious waste disposal practices set up shop in a quiet seaside town in new jersey. Mar 19, 20 and such is the power of dan fagins toms river, surely a new classic of science reporting. A story of science and salvation will be featured and a book signing and reception will follow. Toms river, new jersey, township in ocean county toms. The true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, toms river won the 2014 pulitzer prize and has been hailed by the new york times as andquot. A story of science and salvation audiobook written by dan. Its author, dan fagin, talks about the origins of dumping in.
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Bio dan fagin science and environmental journalist. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. The new york timesthe riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, toms river melds. Winner of the new york public librarys helen bernstein book award a new classic of science reporting. A story of science and salvation ebook written by dan fagin. A story of science and salvation, by dan fagin bantam books share. Dan fagin handles topics of great complexity with the dexterity of a scholar, the honesty of a journalist, and the dramatic skill of a novelist. New yorker fagin s meticulously researched and compellingly recounted story of toms river families struggling to find out what was causing. This book is the 894th greatest nonfiction book of all time as determined by. With the completion of the new lagoons by the river in 1959, virtually all of toms river chemicals liquid waste was now ending up in the beleaguered toms. Toms river, winner of the 2014 pulitzer prize and the academies communication award for best book, tells the story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages.
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A science journalism professor at new york university, dan fagin is a nationally prominent journalist on environmental health topics. The paperback edition, with a new afterword from dan, was published by island press in 2015. For fifteen years, he was the environmental writer at newsday, where he was twice a principal member of reporting teams that were finalists for the pulitzer prize. This page contains details about the nonfiction book toms river. By now, the narrow stretch of river by the factory was little more than a handy receptacle for chemical wastes left over from our manufacturing processes, as a company newsletter. Dan fagin has combined deep reporting with masterful storytelling to recount an extraordinary battle over cancer and pollution in a new jersey town. A story of science and salvation reprint by dan fagin isbn. The book goes beyond the toms river phenomenon itself to examine the many factors that. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read toms river. The new york times the riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, toms river melds.
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