William Ashworth

"The Late, Great Lakes is a powerful indictment of our carelessness, our apathy, our ignorance. It is also a passionately persuasive argument for awareness of the few solutions that may be left to us, and of just what it is we may be about to lose: some of North America's most spectacular coastline; acres of wetlands vital to spawning fish and nesting birds; the greatest reservoir of fresh water on earth; those majestic sweet seas, the Great Lakes." --from the original jacket.

Hardback publication by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1986
Paperback publication by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1987
˜Nature Book Club alternate selection
˜Citation "in recognition of a notable contribution to life in the United States of America" from The Colonial Dames of America, 1987

"Preservationism is obsolete. Sustainability and reintegration with nature are no longer optional. The paradigm shift begins here." --from the jacket

Available as both a paperback and a Kindle e-book from Amazon.

"Ashworth deftly clarifies and personalizes the critical economic, environmental, and humanitarian issues at stake, forcefully connecting the geology of the planet's past with the ecology of the country's future." --Booklist

Hardback published by W. W. Norton, New York (2006)
Paperback published by The Countryman Press, Woodstock, VT (2006)

˜Kansas Notable Book Award 2007

"Willam Ashworth's prose is as poetic as it is informative and insightful, and like a good poet, Ashworth never once settles for the easy conclusion. This is as inviting and provocative a read as I have encountered in a long time." --Alan Reder, author of 75 Best Business Practices for Socially Responsible Companies

Paperback published by Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 1999

˜Oregon Book Award 1999

"A Breakthrough book: It reconciles the previously unreconcilable. I learned something on every page." --Richard D. Lamm, former governor of Colorado

Hardback published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston (1995)
Korean translation published as a paperback by Bee Bong Publishing, Seoul (1998)

"An autobiography at once poetic, philosophical, and exciting....No one who reads [William Ashworth's] book can fail to understand what the wilderness means to all life. This is a work that prods the conscience, as well as superb entertainment." --Publisher's Weekly

Hardback published by Hawthorn Books, New York (1978)
20th Anniversary edition published as a paperback by Oregon State University Press, Corvallis (1998)

"Over-the-top good!" --Zacharias O'Bryan,author of the YA fantasy novel Spirit Thorn

Kindle and paperback (2012).