{"product_id":"the-untold-story-of-the-lower-colorado-river-authority-9781623493417","title":"The Untold Story of the Lower Colorado River Authority","description":"Arguably, no other institution has transformed the heart of Texas like the Lower Colorado River Authority. Born in the Great Depression of the 1930s, LCRA built a chain of dams and brought predictability to the cycles of extreme droughts and floods that had long plagued Austin and other communities. It also brought hydroelectric power--and with that, modern-day civilization--to the hard-scrabble regions of Central and South Texas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With those achievements, and the support of powerful political leaders like Lyndon Johnson, LCRA for years was touted as one of the state's major success stories. But LCRA has never been a stranger to controversy, and while it continues to provide much of the energy and water that fuels the economic engine of Austin and beyond, most people know very little about LCRA. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this book, readers will learn about the forces of nature and politics that combined to create LCRA; the colorful personalities who operated, supported, or fought with the agency; its spectacular successes, periodic blunders, and occasional failures; and its evolution into one of the largest public power organizations in Texas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To learn more about The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, sponsors of this book's series, please click here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781623493417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 8.70w x 1.00d","brand":"John Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52715443421365,"sku":"9781623493417","price":30.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-untold-story-of-the-lower-colorado-river-authority-9781623493417","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}