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This Fine Piece of Water : An Environmental History of Long Island Sound

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I came across this book while doing research for a segment that I was going to do for National Public Radio. Since I am only 15 I wasn't really around to witness the battle to save LIS, and I needed to know some history about the area from that time. This book helped the most out of all the materials that I read. It started by describing the time European sailors first laid their eyes on LIS to present day. He takes you on a journey through all of LIS history and presents every point of view when explaining the battle conservationists had to fight to get the government to cooperate. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in LIS. It is not a book that takes a lot of past knowledge to read, but very informative. Good work Mr. Andersen. A lot of work went into this book and it shows.

What a fantastic book. As a marine biology educator on Long Island Sound, I found this book to be an essential part of my course. I am requiring it as summer reading for my course. It is full of history and information. If you use the Sound at all, this book is a must read!

I hadn't had much interest in reading environmental or historical books. This changed that. Now, my interest and awareness in conservation, LIS, the fishing industry(recreational and commercial), has grown considerably. To much detail to describe here. Read for yourself.

I'm currently reading "Angling in the Smile of the Great Spirit", which is similar in some ways to this book, but discusses Lake Winnipesaukee. Also very good.

I read this book for a summer reading assignment. I began the book dreading it thinking that it would be unbearable boring and hard to get through, after all a book only on history of a body of water sounded quite boring. Fortunately i was pleasantly surprised when the book featured a interesting history of the inhabitants of the long island sound and not only facts about the LIS. The only critical thing i can say about this book is that it is at times repetitive and i felt like i had already been enriched enough as it was. The chapters on lobsters and oysters seemed to be continuing what had been said 10 pages earlier. These chapters were also jam packed with statistics which was good and bad but i ended up forgetting most of them as it was. All in all this book really made me feel like i needed to take an active part in helping the long island sound and helping to improve its beauty to what it was many many years ago. This book although not action packed was fulfilling and not a bad read even if you want to read it for joy.