Autor/-in: Jim Rousmaniere

Journalist and historian Jim Rousmaniere spent six years studying human interactions with water -- past and present -- to produce an authoritative report on what water means to us and what we mean to water. His book Water Connections takes in our changing ways around water power, floods and flood control, water pollution and water treatment, watershed protection and water technology. A graduate of Harvard whose journalism credits include covering national economics for The Baltimore Sun and editing the Keene (NH) Sentinel, he lives in New Hampshire with his wife, a holistic nutrition counselor. He's the father of three daughters and one granddaughter, and is active in community affairs.