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Paterson, Alan M. THE GREAT CANAL[:] THE LEGACY OF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA IRRIGATION DISTRICT [by] Alan M. Paterson. [Turlock, CA: Published by Nishihara/Wilkinson Design, Inc., 2020.]. 23x15.2 cm, pp. [1-4] 1-196 [197-199: blank] [200: colophon], illustrations, pictorial wrappers, perfect bound. POD. A history (sponsored by the CCID) of "the first big canal in California, built across the treeless, unpopulated plains west of the San Joaquin River by a small army of men and horses in the hot summer of 1871" (introduction, p. 1). Paterson, a Central Valley resident, historian and consultant specializing in California water issues, also published (with W. Turrentine Jackson) THE SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA: THE EVOLUTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF WATER POLICY, A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE (Davis: California Water Resources Centre, University of California, Davis, 1977) and LAND, WATER AND POWER: A HISTORY OF THE TURLOCK IRRIGATION DISTRICT, 1887-1987 (Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1987). Small indent in rear cover (manufacturing defect), else a fine copy. (#168976).