Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains Memoir_Gift_Guide “Set against the harsh backdrop

“Set against the harsh backdrop of Montana

if occasionally lonely life is upended when he receives word from his lawyers that

Desperate to see action but rejected by both the marines and paratroopers because he was too short

the Meadows

The Richardsons throw lavish parties

Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains Memoir_Gift_Guide “Set against the harsh backdropFinalist for the National Book Award An intimate reckoning with aquifer depletion in America's heartland The Ogallala aquifer has nourished life on the American Great Plains for millennia. But less than a century of unsustainable irrigation farming has taxed much of the aquifer beyond repair. The imminent depletion of the Ogallala and other aquifers around the world is a defining planetary crisis of our times. Running Out offers a uniquely personal