“This is the inside story, laid out with wonderful lucidity, of a long and fascinating battle that became an icon of its era and remains instructive today.”—Jonathan Harr, author of A Civil Action
~Jonathan Harr
“The story of the snail darter and the TVA is the Thermopylae in the history of America’s conservation movement, and this book by Zygmunt Plater deserves to be the classic telling of it.”—Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University
~Edward O. Wilson
"The Snail Darter and the Dam is an inspiring and informative American story of regular people fighting powerful special interests. It's about how the public interest lost out to big money and its political allies--and failures by the local and national press to report the story fairly, accurately, and in proper context."—Dan Rather, Anchor and Managing Editor of AXS TV
~Dan Rather
"TVA v. Hill is one of my favorite cases. This eminently readable account of the full history of the case is even more interesting than the story told in Warren Burger’s opinion for the Court (or my memory of the oral argument and the shifting positions of the Justices in my book, Five Chiefs). The author’s account of how President Carter rejected the “God Committee’s” verdict about the darter is especially so."—Hon. Justice John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States [retired]
~Hon. Justice John Paul Stevens [retired]
"The inside story of a long and fascinating battle—legal, political, environmental, and personal— that became an icon of its era and remains instructive even today. It’s a blueprint for community action, and—sadly—a still-current roadmap of the way in which Washington works. The legal maneuverings are laid out with wonderful lucidity, but even more the book is by turn compassionate, angry, and intensely humane, and well worth reading.”—Jonathan Harr, author of A Civil Action
~Jonathan Harr
"A compelling history . . . that sheds light on the policy process and is fascinating in its own right. Recommended [for] all readership levels."—Choice
~Choice
“Plater . . . does a deft job of weaving together the legal framework and context for his fight against TVA, which he ended up winning before the Supreme Court in the landmark case TVA v. Hill. He employs a strict first-person, present-tense perspective that gives the book an engaging, memoiristic tone. [He] provides a wealth of detail that makes for compelling reading, and he has a knack for bringing drama to even the most technical court proceedings."—Clay Risen, Chapter 16
~Clay Risen, Chapter 16
“. . . as compelling history of a controversy that shed light on the policy process and is fascinating in its own right.”—Choice
~Choice
Watch Professor Zygmunt Plater's presentation at the Animal Law Review Symposium at the Lewis & Clark Law School.
~http://lawmedia.lclark.edu/LawMedia/Play/6ba72a09f71b4ab093ff85357beee4251d